decentralized processing

British

noun

computing the use of word processing or data processing units in stand-alone or localized situations

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An open economy in the virtual world with a freely-determined currency would eventually facilitate the many other transactional features that are so important to users, but maybe not to game publishers, such as unrestricted person-to-person payments, user-defined anonymity and untraceability, near-immediate bearer settlement, transaction irreversibility, reliable store of value, multi-grid capable, and decentralized processing.

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