decentralized
/diːˈsɛntrəlaɪzd/
verb
- Past tense and past participle of decentralize.
- The government decentralized the water supply system to improve efficiency.
- They decentralized the decision-making process to empower local teams.
- Last year, the company decentralized its management structure.
adjective
- Having power, control, or activities spread out from a central authority to local or regional groups.
- A decentralized organization often makes decisions faster because local managers have more authority.
- Many people prefer decentralized systems because they are less vulnerable to a single point of failure.
- The country's decentralized government allows each state to create its own education laws.
- Relating to a digital system (such as a cryptocurrency or blockchain) that is not controlled by a single entity or server.
- Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that operates without a central bank.
- Decentralized apps run on a network of computers rather than a single server.
- The company is building a decentralized platform for secure peer-to-peer transactions.
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