Total Value Locked Is A Lie; Now Decentralization Is A Lie Too? – Benzinga

This brings us to the broader ethical and structural crisis in DeFi. We have built a system that is too complex to be allowed to fail. Because it is too complex to fail, it cannot be truly decentralized.

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