Decentralized Exchanges as the Future of Cryptocurrency Trading (PART I)

Among cryptocurrency’s most prized attributes is the high level of security facilitated by the blockchain when conducting transactions. Through the use of cryptography, a decentralized network can ensure that the ledger upon which all transactions are recorded is effectively tamperproof. And yet we’re constantly hearing stories of hackers making off with millions of dollars’ worth of crypto at a time. How is this possible, given blockchain’s fortress-like qualities? Well to date, the responsibility for this failure has mostly lay with crypto exchanges. Indeed, it already seems anachronistic that despite all the talk of security when it comes to crypto and…...