DeFi's decentralization remains theoretical in one important respect: as of the early 2020s DeFi is still largely relegated to one dominant platform, with 87 percent of all publicly funded DeFi projects built on Ethereum.
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At the beginning of the 2020s, DeFi is still largely relegated to the use of one dominant platform. 87% of all publicly funded DeFi projects have been built on Ethereum.
Kaal, Digital Asset Market Evolution (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3606663
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publicly funded DeFi projects
beginning of the 2020s
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empiricalsupport: evidencedfailure: single platform dependence in DeFifamily: recentralization-driftdefidecentralization
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