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decentralized

decentralized

5.4
Power and control go to local people or offices
  • adjective
  • /diˈsɛntrəˌlaɪzd/
translation icon : descentralizado
  • The company adopted a decentralized structure to empower local managers to make decisions.

So it's it's a decentralized, you know, consensus kind of thing.

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Examples

  • Ethereum is a blockchain that is a great surface to build decentralized apps on.

  • What Ethereum is fundamentally is a decentralized computer that has a token that moves value.

  • OK, well, as I said, it's completely decentralized and so on.

  • It's still pretty darn decentralized in terms of the number of them.

  • The the decision process is highly decentralized and unprogrammed.

  • We introduced matter and energy into cyberspace with this idea of decentralized network, right?

  • And now we have decentralized servers brewing.

  • One form of this is the DAC, or the decentralized autonomous community.

  • You're going to have decentralized kind of open source money like Bitcoin.

  • In a decentralized government, power is distributed among regional authorities rather than being concentrated at a national level.

Synonyms

uncentralized
vsdecentralized
6.3

Spread out over several places or groups

is specifically about moving authority to local or regional levels
decentered
vsdecentralized
7.2

Not having one main center or clear focus

is about distributing authority and power to local or regional levels

Antonyms

9 4.4

One main authority manages things from one place

How Decentralized

decentralized
5.4
centralized
  • US
9 4.4

Surface Forms

decentralized positive

Morphology

decentralized = decentralize (semi-transparent) = de + central + ize + ed

The adjective is a regular participial formation from the verb 'decentralize' and keeps the same core meaning.

Etymology

Decentralized comes from the parts de- meaning 'away from' and central meaning 'the centre', like the word center, so it literally means moving power 'away from the centre' to local places. That's why a decentralized system gives control to many local groups instead of one main office.