Decentralization Theater
Surface‑level decentralization signals without real dispersion of power or risk, common in governance washing.
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Archives: Glossary
Archives: Glossary
Decentralization
Distribution of control across many parties to reduce single points of failure and capture.
DCA Layered Orders
Automated strategy that splits orders into timed slices, often implemented via keeper networks or smart vaults.
DDoS‑Resistant Mempool
Mempool design that mitigates spam and flooding using fees, per‑peer limits, and reputation.
DCT (Dispute Game)
Interactive verification process used by optimistic rollups to prove fraud via bisection and on‑chain resolution.
DCS (Deterministic Builds)
Build process that produces identical binaries from the same source to enable reproducible verification.
DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
Attack that floods a service or network with traffic to overwhelm and degrade availability.
DCA (Dollar‑Cost Averaging)
Investment method of buying a fixed amount at regular intervals regardless of price, reducing timing risk.
Dataset Shift
When the distribution of real‑world data differs from the training distribution, causing degraded model performance.
DAS Proof
Evidence produced by data availability sampling that a block’s data is accessible with high probability.
Dark Pool
Trading venue where orders are hidden until execution to reduce front‑running; hard to decentralize safely.
