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trustless

adj

Etymology

From trust + -less.

  1. derived from *deru-✻ — “be firm, hard, solid”
  2. inherited from *trust✻
  3. inherited from trust — “trust, protection”
  4. suffixed as trustless — “trust + less”

Definitions

  1. Lacking trust

    Lacking trust; untrusting.

  2. Which does not need any trust, or a trusted third party.

    • A trustless network can run even if none of its nodes trusts another.
    • In the trustless cryptocurrency world, you can still trust the cryptocurrency community and its mechanisms to ensure that the blockchain contains an accurate and immutable—unchangeable—record of cryptocurrency transactions.
    • This article draws from the extensive academic discussion on the concepts of “trust” and “confidence” to argue that blockchain technology is not a ‘trustless technology’ but rather a ‘confidence machine’.

  3. Untrustworthy

    Untrustworthy; not deserving to be trusted.

    • But thinks it not that[…]the voice which the spirit uttereth when he is gone from man[…]is a voice proceeding from the spirit which is in earthly, ignorant, and overclouded man; and therefore a trustles and not to be-believed voice?

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA