as in skeptical
not feeling sure about the truth, wisdom, or trustworthiness of someone or something
with time the missionary doctor won the trust of even the most trustless villagers
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Recent Examples of trustless
But make no mistake about it: the self-custody of private keys are the foundation of Bitcoin’s trustless model.
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Korok Ray, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The goal is to reach Stage 2, where proof systems become fully trustless and security councils intervene only for provable bugs.
—Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The automation of governance and transactions is seen as a way to reduce costs, eliminate intermediaries, and ensure a transparent, trustless system.
—Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Smart contracts enable automated, trustless transactions without intermediaries.
—Wesley Crook, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
These streams all require the power of blockchain for payments and immutable and trustless proof.
—Maria Paula Fernandez, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
These applications, running on blockchain networks, utilize smart contracts to automate financial processes in a permissionless and trustless manner.
—Anthony Georgiades, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
While a company like Intel is unlikely to abuse that, Eyal admits its would be a hard sell for purists who value the decentralized and trustless nature of most cryptocurrencies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 June 2021
With its transparent and secure features, blockchain promises a trustless transactional ecosystem devoid of intermediaries and extraneous delays.
—Sixteen Ramos, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2023
Korok Ray, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The goal is to reach Stage 2, where proof systems become fully trustless and security councils intervene only for provable bugs.
—Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The automation of governance and transactions is seen as a way to reduce costs, eliminate intermediaries, and ensure a transparent, trustless system.
—Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
Smart contracts enable automated, trustless transactions without intermediaries.
—Wesley Crook, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
These streams all require the power of blockchain for payments and immutable and trustless proof.
—Maria Paula Fernandez, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
These applications, running on blockchain networks, utilize smart contracts to automate financial processes in a permissionless and trustless manner.
—Anthony Georgiades, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
While a company like Intel is unlikely to abuse that, Eyal admits its would be a hard sell for purists who value the decentralized and trustless nature of most cryptocurrencies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 June 2021
With its transparent and secure features, blockchain promises a trustless transactional ecosystem devoid of intermediaries and extraneous delays.
—Sixteen Ramos, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trustless
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Measuring And Sharing Outcomes From my observations, stakeholders are becoming increasingly skeptical of vanity metrics like the number of trees planted or tons of carbon offset.Vivek Rana, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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The governor has previously appeared skeptical of what proponents call school choice, and the issue is likely be one of the biggest fights at the Statehouse this year.Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
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What the market is unsure about is how the impending policy mix of tariffs, immigration restrictions and deregulation will alter this interplay of rates, inflation, GDP growth and risk appetites.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
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While Ryan is unsure whether her studio apartment is still intact, the school she was supposed to start teaching at next Monday — Palisades Charter High School — has been badly damaged.Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
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In late June 2024, the Natomas Unified School District IT department shut down the district’s network system, wifi network, VPN services and phone lines after identifying suspicious activity on the network.Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
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The Scam Alert feature watches the links in incoming text messages and flags any suspicious ones.PCMAG, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
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This keeps his audience, and often his negotiation counterparts, uncertain and on edge.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Lives unfold and unravel as the uncertain human beings wonder whether the whales will ever return.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Kings are listing Fox as doubtful against the Warriors due to a right glute contusion.Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 5 Jan. 2025
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Tagovailoa is listed as doubtful while Hill and Jaylen Waddle are questionable.J.J. Bailey, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Trustless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trustless. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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