Tokenization & Blockchain

On the Impossibility of Transparent and Decentralized Trading on Permissionless Blockchains

Academic paper arguing that fully transparent, decentralized trading on permissionless blockchains is infeasible given privacy needs and incentive constraints.

Topics: decentralization, market design

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