{"id":2033,"date":"2023-11-06T22:38:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T22:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2023-11-06T22:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T22:38:42","slug":"decentralized-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/decentralized-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Decentralized Finance (DeFi)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/technology\/decentralized-finance\/\">Decentralized Finance<\/a> is a collective term for financial products and services that are accessible to anyone who can use Ethereum. Anyone here in the sense of having an Internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>With DeFi, the marketplace is always open and there is no centralized authority that can block payments or deny anyone access to anything.<\/p>\n<p>Services that were previously slow and risky for human error are automated and more secure now that they are handled by code that anyone can check and research.<\/p>\n<p>There is a booming crypto economy out there, where you can lend, borrow, buy\/buy, earn interest, and more.<\/p>\n<p>For example, crypto-savvy Argentines use Decentralized Finance DeFi to avoid crippling inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Many Companies are starting to stream their employees&#8217; salaries in real time.\u00a0Some people have even taken out and paid off loans worth millions of dollars without the need for personal identification.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Decentralize Finance Vs Traditional Financial Systems<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2037 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/3d-cryptocurrency-rendering-design.jpg\" alt=\"Decentralized Finance\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1071\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/3d-cryptocurrency-rendering-design.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/matob.web.id\/random\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/3d-cryptocurrency-rendering-design-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In DeFi, you are in charge and hold your own money while in the traditional system it is held by the company or bank.<\/li>\n<li>DeFi allows users to control where their money is spent and how it is spent, whereas traditional systems leave it all in the hands of the company<\/li>\n<li>Transferring funds with the DeFi system only takes about a few minutes, while the traditional system can take a few days.<\/li>\n<li>Transaction activities are carried out under a pseudonym (Anonymous).\u00a0While traditional, financial activity is very closely related to your identity.<\/li>\n<li>DeFi is open to anyone.\u00a0Traditional systems have to apply to use the financial services they offer.<\/li>\n<li>DeFi is a financial market that is always open.\u00a0While the traditional system follows the working days of the company&#8217;s employees providing it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>How Does DeFi Work?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Decentralized Finance or Defi cryptocurrency and contract use smart ( <em>Smart Contract)<\/em>\u00a0to provide services that do not require an intermediary.<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s financial world, financial institutions act as guarantors of transactions.\u00a0This gives these institutions enormous power as your money flows through them.<\/p>\n<p>In DeFi, the role of smart contracts replaces financial institutions in transactions.\u00a0A smart contract is a type of Ethereum account that can hold funds and can send and return funds based on certain conditions.<\/p>\n<p>No one can change the smart contract itself while it is active and the contract will always run as programmed.<\/p>\n<p>For example to send money from Account A to Account B every Friday.\u00a0And it will only ever be done or executed as long as Account A has the required funds.<\/p>\n<p>No one can change the contract and add Account C as a beneficiary to steal funds.\u00a0Contracts are also public for anyone to review and audit.\u00a0This means bad contracts will often get the public spotlight pretty quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decentralized Finance is a collective term for financial products and services that are accessible to anyone who can use Ethereum. 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