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   "text": "Significant failure of decentralization projects is not merely tolerable but necessary and useful, because failures are how appropriate use cases get explored during the immature phase of the technology.",
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   "text": "High levels of investor activity in the blockchain sector are a reliable indicator of the commercial maturity of blockchain technology.",
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