Decentralisation Explained

What you’ll learn

• •Decentralisation spreads control across many independent participants instead of concentrating it in one company or government.
• •No single party can unilaterally change the rules, freeze funds, or shut a decentralised network off — there's no headquarters and no off switch.
• •Consensus is how a decentralised network agrees on a shared truth without a central referee.
• •Decentralisation trades away speed and a safety net (no support line, no undo) in exchange for censorship-resistance.
• •It isn't automatically 'better' — it's a genuine trade-off that depends on what the system is being used for.
• •Responsibility for security shifts heavily onto the individual user in a decentralised system.