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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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What we found is this whole mantra of a trustless economy, we shouldn’t have trusted many of these new actors.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

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

So in that way, it’s not trustless — but I don’t think our experiment here is about reaching a huge scale or claiming that blockchain can do everything or run an entire company.

From The Verge ● Jan. 13, 2022

It all sounds in line with the notion of a trustless system.

From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2020

O foolish bards, immortal in your works, Yet trustless of your immortality!

From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by John Lyde Wilson

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