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by sdfghswe 1174 days ago
Wait, I thought bitcoin was decentralized?
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BTC is just wallets, DeFi here refers to more complicated instruments.
Sorry, I thought DeFi stood for decentralized finance? Why can't we put "more complicated instruments" into wallets? Why is a bitcoin future different than a bitcoin, for these purposes?
You certainly can. DeFi typically refers to smart contract protocols for lending, borrowing, swapping, pooling, etc. DAOs also fit under the label. These are usually on the Ethereum chain because its smart contracts are considerably more powerful than Bitcoin's.