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I'll quote the first sentence from the Bitcoin whitepaper. "A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly fro

I'll quote the first sentence from the Bitcoin whitepaper. "A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution."

wmf 5y ago
Right; it allows not using middlemen but it doesn't force it. Forced decentralization is a mostly unsolved problem.