Introduction:
A blockchain exists at the core of the increasingly topical decentralized financial realm. It defines the very future of financial applications, including lending protocols and decentralized exchanges, by determining the performance and design of the network they are built upon and thus all but sealing their fate in terms of user experience, scalability, and security. Two paths can overshadow the maturity of a decentralized platform. One—this approach believes in high-speed, low-cost transactions, and the other bets on decentralization and security. However, in the case of the booming sector of DeFi, which of these strategies really has the upper hand?