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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by warkdarrior on Sunday January 30, 2022 @04:00PM (#30141035)
> This is the user purposefully avoiding using the intuitive systems setup for them, and interacting with something directly even though no one does that unless you're a developer.

Of course using the intuitive systems setup for the means that one has to trust some random people or companies, instead of going directly to the blockchain. What happened to trustless?

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Re:Did I just lose half a million dollars? by capableweb on Sunday January 30, 2022 @05:45PM (#30142035)
"Trustless" is referring to the consensus in the protocols, not to the entire ecosystem. This is a ecosystem built by and for humans, of course there will be trust involved.
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