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# Decentralized?

The question of *decentralization* is by no means settled. We are not satisfied that the question itself has been properly formulated, in truth we have little interest in formulating it. We believe experiments in decentralized governance must first be performed, analyzed, and mined for data before a conceptual framework for "sufficiently decentralized exchange" achieves consensus in popular culture. We are preoccupied only with our experiments and their founding principles. 


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