trustless
Americanadjective
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not worthy of trust; faithless; unreliable; false.
He was trustless when money was involved.
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distrustful; suspicious.
a doorman trustless of all strangers.
adjective
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untrustworthy; deceitful
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distrusting; wary; suspicious
Other Word Forms
- trustlessly adverb
- trustlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of trustless
Example Sentences
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As Ms. Blackburn described it, there were very few people “wearing the crown,” functioning as arbiters of the network — “which is not the ethos of decentralized trustless crypto,” she said.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022
As the authors concluded in the paper: “Although Bitcoin was designed to rely on a decentralized, trustless network of anonymous agents, its early success rested instead on cooperation among a small group of altruistic founders.”
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022
So in that way, it’s not trustless — but I don’t think our experiment here is about reaching a huge scale or claiming that blockchain can do everything or run an entire company.
From The Verge • Jan. 13, 2022
It all sounds in line with the notion of a trustless system.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2020
In some lines attributed to Raleigh, "His desire is a dureless content, And a trustless joy," the syllable trust-occupies the time of two syllables; the typical metre would require something like "And a pitiless joy."
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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