Tracy Jin, the chief operating officer at the MEXC crypto exchange, warns that tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) carries a substantial amount of centralized risks that can lead to censorship, liquidity issues, legal uncertainty, cybersecurity problems, and asset confiscation through state or third-party intermediaries. In an interview with Cointelegraph, the executive said that as long as … Read more
An Ethereum researcher has pitched a new block proposal solution that aims to democratize Ethereum’s currently centralized block building process by implementing a “shared random algorithm.” The “Decentralized Random Block Proposal” would leverage Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) to eliminate Maximal Extractable Value at the block level, fully democratize block proposing and possibly accelerate propagation — the … Read more
Miles Jennings, general counsel for a16z, argued that traditional regulatory approaches, such as antitrust measures, often fail to address the real issues of centralization. According to an blog post by Jennings, centralized control in technology, finance, and artificial intelligence creates significant consequences—limiting public discourse, financial access, and the flow of information. Big Tech, Big Banks, … Read more
David Holtzman — a former military intelligence professional, author, White House advisor, and chief strategy officer of the Naoris decentralized security protocol — recently told Cointelegraph that centralized data systems invite abuse from state and corporate actors due to their single point of control. “The whole problem with centralized systems is that there’s a center,” … Read more