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trustless

American  
[truhst-lis] / ˈtrʌst lɪs /

adjective

  1. not worthy of trust; faithless; unreliable; false.

    He was trustless when money was involved.

  2. distrustful; suspicious.

    a doorman trustless of all strangers.


trustless British  
/ ˈtrʌstlɪs /

adjective

  1. untrustworthy; deceitful

  2. distrusting; wary; suspicious

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of trustless

First recorded in 1520–30; trust + -less


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As the authors concluded in the paper: “Although Bitcoin was designed to rely on a decentralized, trustless network of anonymous agents, its early success rested instead on cooperation among a small group of altruistic founders.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2022

As Ms. Blackburn described it, there were very few people “wearing the crown,” functioning as arbiters of the network — “which is not the ethos of decentralized trustless crypto,” she said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2022

Ben Horowitz joins Slate Money to talk about Jackie Brown and the trustless economy of Tarantino’s quiet movie.

From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2022

I just keep coming back to, the point of blockchain technology is to decentralize trust — to build trustless systems.

From The Verge ● Dec. 7, 2021

Such a harvest never was So rich and full of pleasure, But ’tis spent as soon as reaped, So trustless is lore’s treasure.

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

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