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Blockchains have a single centralized view of data and this view is distributed worldwide with everyone keeping each other in check. Blockchains are centralized but distributed in this way.

Federation protocols have different, decentralized views of data and these views are selectively distributed with peers and distributed in ad hoc ways, and sometimes peers keep each other in check. Federated protocols are decentralized and distributed in this way.




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