A key feature provided
by decentralization is permissionless entry for users and developers — and it is thanks to this component that Bitcoin has grown into much more than a currency and has become a platform for Blockchain innovations.
Mann and Toles argue that false balance has been further worsened
by the decentralization of news sources, particularly the rise of the «right - wing echo chamber» led (at least in the U.S.) by Rupert Murdoch - owned outlets Fox News and The Wall Street Journal.
A key feature provided
by decentralization is permissionless entry for users and developers — and it is thanks to this component that Bitcoin has grown into much more than a currency and has become a platform for Blockchain innovations.
Not exact matches
Other technology experts, too, believe that blockchain will power us into Web 3.0,
by offering the fast speed and
decentralization they say should have been developed at the beginning of the internet age.
Frederik Gammelby Jensen from deemly describes financial
decentralization like this: «It's simply cutting out the middleman
by facilitating contact to individuals who want to exchange goods and money, just like when you go to a farmer's market or ride with Uber.»
The fundamental concept of blockchain technology, as created
by Satoshi Nakamoto when he made Bitcoin, is that
decentralization would occur via a distributed ledger.
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Decentralization, like the kind advocated
by blockchain startups and cryptocurrencies, allows users to trade directly with each other without having to go through a (predatory) middleman.
By introducing decentralization, they were able to go back to the original ideas presented by Satoshi Nakamot
By introducing
decentralization, they were able to go back to the original ideas presented
by Satoshi Nakamot
by Satoshi Nakamoto.
The change to
decentralization is characterized
by the deregulation of markets, decrease in renewable energy prices and departure from carbon - based fuels.
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«In fact,
by relaxing the
decentralization constraint, many problems can be solved.
However, before jumping onto the concept of
decentralization, you need to understand the real problems brought
by centralization.
By its principle,
decentralization aims to reduce intermediaries across various industries, and platforms like Bitcoin are designed to have no governing figures.
While projects like Bitcoiin may leverage Bitcoin's status in order to raise funds, this is seen
by many as an inevitable downside of
decentralization.
The hope is that the developmental trend will continue down the path that is reflective of the principles of the coins they are hosting;
by emphasizing censorship resistance and
decentralization.
I'm skeptical of most of these, but there are some diamonds in the rough led
by teams that have deep historical context and knowledge and have made compromises on security or
decentralization, which could pay off.
I just don't think the incidents cited are supported
by the text as attempts to control
decentralization.
The change in the apportionment of power in the direction of
decentralization must be accompanied
by a continuous change in the nature of power, and political Government transformed into social Administration as far as the particular conditions permit.
The bodies that rule our global economy today, the G8 (the world's industrialized countries), the IMF and the World Bank (together known as the «Washington consensus») prescribe for the world a neo-classical recipe of privatization,
decentralization, deregulation and other market liberalizations, assuming that our common interests are best served
by the invisible hand of the market.
The ecological model can be implemented only
by drastic
decentralization of the economy.
Nana Ato Dadzie, who served as a former Chief of Staff under the Rawlings regime and Kwamena Ahwoi, who served as Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, denied any knowledge about the money given to Rawlings
by Abacha They also denied that Professor Ahwoi had commented on the matter in his book, «Local Government and
Decentralization in Ghana».
He criticized the apathy shown
by some Ghanaians towards communal labour and other activities of the Metro, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDA's) and urged them to support the assemblies to ensure that the purpose of the
decentralization process was achieved.
Mr. Boateng who was speaking at a focus group discussion on the «Post 2015 District Level Elections», organized
by the NCCE with support from the European Union, to refresh the minds of participants on the country's
decentralization concept, stressed that the issue was detrimental to the
decentralization process of the country.
However, it added «the Center continues to note with dismay, however, that governmental accountability and responsiveness have remained highly insufficient (despite delivery of considerable voice to citizenry under the 4th Republic); public corruption remains pervasive; progress of the constitutionally - mandated political, administrative and fiscal
decentralization has stalled; the economy remains characterized
by jobless growth; income and spatial inequality are on the rise in spite of poverty reduction; and the nation's two main political parties which have alternated in power in the 4th Republic have increasingly taken on the features of rival cults (whose primary purpose seemingly is to win elections, achieve «state capture» and practice «winner - takes - all» politics).
He explained that, government would be setting a precedent that will be at odds with the New Patriotic Party government's efforts at
decentralization,
by allowing Parliament to quash bye - laws enacted...
The grants are funded through New York State Council on the Arts
Decentralization Program and will be managed
by ArtsWestchester.
The Ticonderoga Festival Guild's concerts are made possible, in part, with funds from the
Decentralization Program, a re-grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and administered
by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts.
Despite these hierarchies, some degree of «
decentralization» could be found in more than half of the projects, as measured
by the ability of graduate students to make changes of their own to research protocols.
The decline of major states was typically followed
by dispersal or
decentralization of populations and power.
Inside Charter Schools: The Paradox of Radical
Decentralization Edited
by Bruce Fuller Harvard University Press, 2000, $ 31.50; 288 pages.
District schools are operated
by more than 14,000 locally elected boards, and this
decentralization also creates the potential for wide disparities in school practice.
Indeed, other changes have involved shifts in power at the local level or even
decentralization below the school district level, rather than greater control
by the state (or the federal government).
School
decentralization in New York City in the 1960's was supposed to promote involvement
by establishing parent associations in schools and charging principals with the responsibility of communicating with them.
This makes sense in some ways: Charter schools are fiercely independent
by design, and they take full advantage of autonomy and
decentralization to offer unique learning environments to the communities they serve.
In its 1998 mission statement the school district declared that the schools» problems would be addressed
by «strengthening school effectiveness through
decentralization.»
The word «confusion» was used often in interviews and on survey forms
by participants in the
decentralization effort.
It can also strengthen a corporation
by facilitating the
decentralization of processes and encouraging the emergence of bottom - up practices that allow managers to focus on the company's strategic vision, rather than micromanagement.
By 2000, Cleveland's central administrators had recovered from the state takeover of 1995, dismantled
decentralization, and silenced the political calls for democratic participation.
This article describes how school
decentralization and restructuring policy in Israel is viewed
by principals of autonomous schools.
That list was developed from research about school
decentralization and autonomy
by the Fordham Foundation, William Ouchi of UCLA, and RAND Corporation.
Stated purposes may obscure far less lofty aims, such as weakening entrenched and distrusted local school boards, creating the illusion of reform without investing more resources, putting a positive spin on central office downsizing
by calling it
decentralization, or simply trying to shift the blame for failure to the school itself.
For credit recovery, each of the six local district superintendents was given the freedom to craft their own plan using a number of options, part of a
decentralization effort that was put into place
by former Superintendent Ramon Cortines.
«In the spirit of
decentralization, the Division of Instruction would like to honor autonomy and innovation by providing each Local District Superintendent with the current A-G data for each school,» reads one document titled Decentralization
decentralization, the Division of Instruction would like to honor autonomy and innovation
by providing each Local District Superintendent with the current A-G data for each school,» reads one document titled
Decentralization Decentralization of the A-G Plan.
In either case, the long - term value of bitcoin will mainly be derived from from its adoption as a mainstream currency
by the people who value
decentralization enough to put up with all of the downsides.