Six Main Components of The DeFi Ecosystem

Sarah Roff
Geek Culture
Published in
7 min readOct 4, 2021

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What is Decentralized Finance (DeFi)?

DeFi is a form of finance that is Blockchain-based. It utilizes smart contracts (a self-executing computer program built on Blockchain) to perform transactions instead of relying on a central financial institution. DeFi aims to create a new financial ecosystem that is accessible to everyone and doesn’t require trust in third

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Sarah Roff
Geek Culture

Hey there 👋! I’m Sarah, a student passionate about web3!