๐ด Golden Age DeFi
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Bankless newsletter covers upcoming MegaETH token generation event and argues for returning to 'golden age' DeFi principles of immutability and decentralization. The main opinion piece by Jack Inabinet critiques modern DeFi's centralization drift and advocates for building trustless, immutable protocols like Uniswap V3 and RAI.
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Modern DeFi
Modern DeFi no longer prioritizes decentralization and resembles centralized applications deployed via blockchains for regulatory arbitrage
DeFi Exploits
Recent Drift and KelpDAO exploits were failures of centralized systems with admin keys, not cryptography failures
Golden Age DeFi
Protocols like Uniswap V3 and RAI prove it's possible to build resilient systems without operators that can survive indefinitely
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