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Re:100 years of whatever this will be by peoplefromibiza on Thursday December 02, 2021 @01:14PM (#29420037)
that's half true.

every actor in the system has its own ledger and they reconcile transactions at a given point in time.

you don't need to know what others are doing or who they are.

your bank authorize your transactions and then some other bank receives the order to deposit the money on another account they control.

in this sense banking is more decentralized than "one true ledger to rule them all"

Re:100 years of whatever this will be by davidw on Thursday December 02, 2021 @01:27PM (#29420215)
I was referring to 'larceny' in my comment as being a centralized rule.