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An Introduction To Decentralized Finance

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Hi There! I am thinking of starting this new section on decentralized finance or DeFi -- starting from basics. A lot is happening in the DeFi space today, and understanding the fundamentals will help appreciate these developments better. So, as I embark on this journey of finding out what DeFi is really about, I plan to write short articles breaking down the concepts of DeFi in simple words. To begin with, let us see what DeFi is all about, a brief history of how DeFi came into existence, and why it is so important. Remember the "good old" barter system that flourished ages back? I needed goats, and you needed rice. I could give my ten bushels of rice to you and take your two goats, and both of us went home happily. Soon came metal coins and paper notes. And with them came a central figure -- a financial institution. This arrangement created the necessity to trust a central authority with your money. Also, one had to jump several hoops, suffer delays, and pay hefty commissions to access one's own money. In the past, several attempts were made to find new ways that give people reprieve from the many problems that today's outdated finance structure creates while also providing the security and assurance that many find when their money is in a bank. The first widely adopted of such ideas was "Blockchain. " It was popularized by an alternate currency called "Bitcoin. " Bitcoin was the first successful attempt, where people could pay for anything, including a pizza, with digital coins that are not controlled by banks or governments. This newly found freedom spurred discussions around how we can do more with Blockchain, perhaps do everything for which we need a bank today -- borrow, lend, deposits -- but of course without a bank. And that is how decentralized finance or DeFi was born. DeFi refers to a basket of financial applications built on Blockchain and does not involve traditional institutions such as banks. Think of lending or borrowing, saving, insuring your assets, or even stock market functions such as spot trading, margin trading, derivatives trading -- but all these without going to a bank or relying on a stock exchange. It aims to create an open ecosystem for finance similar to what the internet is today for access to information. DeFi allows everyone to seamlessly access money regardless of where they are or who they are. Furthermore, privacy is a cornerstone of DeFi. People who use DeFi applications are not asked to share their personal information. They don't need a username or a password. And the users are the only ones holding the information, such as private keys that give them access to their monie. Yet another nuance of DeFi is its open source code base. Anyone can get the source code of these applications, review and fork them into new apps. It makes the DeFi space very competitive as the developers are forced to build the best possible product. Today, the total market cap of decentralized finance is over $130 billion. There are scores of DeFi applications in the market, including Aave, MakerDAO, Compound, and Uniswap. Traditionally DeFi applications were built on Ethereum Blockchain. But now, they also run on other platforms such as Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, etc. The first time people could do much more with their money than send it from point a to b was when MakerDAO launched in December 2017. Users could use Ether cryptocurrency as collateral and borrow MakerDAO's Dai stablecoin. Dai is pegged 1-to-1 to the value of the US dollar. More on MakerDAO in future posts. The term DeFi was coined in August 2018. In a conversation on a Telegram channel, Inje Yeo of Set Protocol suggested DeFi, along with other names such as Open Horizon, Lattice Network, and Open Financial Protocols. Blake Henderson of 0x put his seal of approval on DeFi since he felt the word sounds like "DEFY. " Though the future looks bright for decentralized finance, it is not there quite yet today. Not all applications running on decentralized platforms are fully decentralized. Several of them are centrally controlled to some degree, especially those in the early stages. Most apps conform to "Open" finance rather than "Decentralized" finance since they allow anyone to join. But similar to the growth of the internet, DeFi will soon mature and become fully decentralized, ushering a new chapter in the world's economic history.
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barter system that flourished ages back? I needed goats, and you needed rice. I could give my ten bushels of rice to you and take your two goats, and both of us went home
happily
.
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Soon
came metal coins and paper notes. And with them came a central figure -- a financial institution. This arrangement created the necessity to trust a central authority with your
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money
.
Also
, one had to jump several hoops, suffer delays, and pay hefty commissions to
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access
one's
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own
money.

In the past, several attempts
were made
to find
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new
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people
reprieve from the
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many
problems that
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today
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finance
structure creates while
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providing the security and assurance that
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Blockchain.
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Bitcoin.
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first
successful attempt, where
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people
could pay for anything, including a pizza, with digital coins that are not controlled by
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banks
or
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governments
. This
newly
found freedom spurred
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discussions around
how we can do more with Blockchain, perhaps do everything for which we need a
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bank
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-- borrow, lend, deposits --
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of course
without a
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that is
how
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finance
or
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DeFi
was born
.

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DeFi
refers to a basket of financial
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applications
built on Blockchain and does not involve traditional institutions such as
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banks
.
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of lending or borrowing, saving, insuring your assets, or even stock market functions such as spot trading, margin trading, derivatives trading --
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but
all these without going to a
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bank
or relying on a stock exchange. It aims to create an
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open
ecosystem for
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finance
similar to what the internet is
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today
for
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access
to information.
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DeFi
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allows
everyone to
seamlessly
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access
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money
regardless of where they are or who they are.

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DeFi
.
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who
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DeFi
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applications
are not asked to share their personal information. They don't need a username or a password. And the users are the
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only
ones holding the information, such as private keys that give them
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monie
.

Yet
another nuance of
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DeFi
is its
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open
source code base. Anyone can
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get
the source code of these
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applications
, review and fork them into
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new
apps. It
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makes
the
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space
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very
competitive as the developers
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to build the best possible product.

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Today
, the total market cap of
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decentralized
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finance
is over $130 billion. There are scores of
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DeFi
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applications
in the market, including
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Aave
,
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MakerDAO
, Compound, and
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Uniswap
.
Traditionally
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applications
were built
on Ethereum Blockchain.
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Binance
Smart Chain, Avalanche, etc.

The
first
time
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people
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money
than
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it from point a to b was when
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MakerDAO
launched in December 2017. Users could
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stablecoin
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MakerDAO
in future posts.

The term
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DeFi
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Inje
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Yeo
of Set Protocol suggested
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DeFi
, along with other names such as
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Open
Horizon, Lattice Network, and
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Open
Financial Protocols. Blake Henderson of 0x put his seal of approval on
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DeFi
since he felt the word sounds like
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DEFY.
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Though the future looks bright for
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decentralized
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finance
, it is not there quite
yet
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. Not all
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applications
running on
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decentralized
platforms are
fully
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decentralized
. Several of them are
centrally
controlled to
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some
degree,
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Open
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Decentralized
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similar to the growth of the internet,
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DeFi
will
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soon
mature and become
fully
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decentralized
, ushering a
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new
chapter in the world's economic history.
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