How to Use decentralization in a Sentence
decentralization
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In this case, is decentralization tied in any way to the blockchain?
— Wired Staff, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022 -
How blockchain and NFTs and decentralization will lead to new forms of hacktivism.
— Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022 -
Their examples show how brands can enter the world of NFTs, the blockchain, and decentralization.
— Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021 -
Two, Bluesky should lean into decentralization as a tool to grow the user base.
— Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 May 2023 -
So, while the rhetoric is about decentralization of finance, the real control may remain in the hands of a select few.
— Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2024 -
By contrast, the rule in the United States is decentralization.
— John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024 -
In practice, full decentralization has been hard to achieve and even has some drawbacks.
— Alex Tapscott, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022 -
The results of British decentralization have been at best uneven, and at worst harmful.
— Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 -
The decentralization of artist-to-fan relationships seems to be the next major trend in music.
— Yola Robert, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 -
In the new age of decentralization, no single company should be the name-keeper of this next frontier.
— On Marketing, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022 -
And because of Bluesky’s decentralization plan, users who don’t think the app is doing a good enough job will be free to try another app based on the protocol.
— Kylie Robison, Fortune, 31 July 2023 -
The merits of decentralization were clear: As long as the movement had no leaders, the Hong Kong government and Beijing would have a harder time quelling it.
— Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019 -
Thus, many have pinned their hopes on decentralization.
— Orawan Limnalong, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 -
Tech news has been featuring talk of decentralization for some time now.
— Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 June 2021 -
The natural decentralization and lack of oversight by the league ensures that there is no record when teams violate rules, Lasker said.
— Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023 -
The crisis in Catalonia has made plain the problems of Spain’s decentralization.
— Ana Palacio, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2017 -
The Twitter co-founder is a firm believer in the decentralization of social media.
— Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 14 June 2023 -
Sustained brand lift from A-list celebrity endorsement has faded over the years with the decentralization of media.
— Jimmy Decicco, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2021 -
Key to the project is its eventual and complete decentralization, in part to ensure its long-term existence.
— Ed Meza, Variety, 16 Feb. 2022 -
Small-block people argue that the big-block vision will undermine the decentralization that drew many people to the cryptocurrency in the first place.
— Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2020 -
Why would this fierce advocate of decentralization design a skyscraper that would have been more than four times taller than the 1,250-foot Empire State Building, then the world's tallest building?
— Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2017 -
Despite many movements for tech decentralization, the dragon’s hoard of gold has kept growing.
— WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023 -
For the portion of the community that believes crypto should stand for decentralization, the merging of two of the world’s largest exchanges will also be cause for concern.
— WIRED, 9 Nov. 2022 -
One of the biggest things users can do is simply stay off the app, a move Schroeder says could help put pressure on the company to make decentralization a priority.
— Simmone Shah, Time, 31 July 2023 -
With remote work the new norm, the lockdown has ushered in a decentralization of Hollywood, where insiders no longer have to be in L.A. to be plugged into the industry.
— Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2020 -
Despite the talk of decentralization, centralized companies like Yuga Labs, which owns the Bored Apes, have done well.
— Scott Nover, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2022 -
State and federal agencies certainly don’t care about decentralization, at least to the same degree as the crypto crowd.
— Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 16 Aug. 2023 -
Ukraine agreed to lead the local election and decentralization reforms with the representatives of the occupied parts of the Donbass.
— NBC News, 21 Feb. 2020 -
This caution extends to the crypto community that, time and time again, rushes to build cults around leaders rather than to stay true to blockchain’s core ideal of decentralization.
— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022 -
Harari’s other three values are decentralization of informational channels, accountability from those who collect our data, and some respite from algorithmic surveillance.
— Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
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