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permissionless

permissionless adjective: without permission.

Adjective

permissionless (not comparable)

  1. Without permission.
    • And this is what makes FHE a great solution for blockchain privacy: By keeping the on-chain data encrypted, we can have decentralized, permissionless blockchains where everything is on-chain and auditable while not actually visible.2023 May 26, Rand Hindi, “How Homomorphic Encryption Can Make Blockchain Private”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2023

Origin of permissionless

From permission + -less.

Words formed from permissionless

Questions about permissionless

What does permissionless mean?
Permissionless means without permission.
What part of speech is permissionless?
Permissionless is an adjective.

Words near permissionless in the dictionary

  1. permission slips
  2. permission structure
  3. permission structures
  4. permissioned
  5. permissioning
  6. permissionless
  7. permissionlessness
  8. permissions
  9. permissive
  10. permissive waste
  11. permissive working

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