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# Decentralized Exchange
Order-book based but peer-to-peer transactions (i.e. without market makers). This contrasts with [AMM](AMM.md) (automated market makers) who don't have an order book.
## Limitations
From https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/what-is-uniswap-and-how-does-it-work
> Due to the inherent limitations of [blockchain](blockchain.md) technology, it has been a challenge to build DEXes that meaningfully compete with their centralized counterparts. Most DEXes could improve both in terms of performance and user experience.
## References
1. Allen, Hilary J. 2022. DeFi: Shadow Banking 2.0? William & Mary Law Review, Forthcoming.
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1. Anker-Sørensen, Linn, and Dirk A Zetzsche. 2021. From Centralized to Decentralized Finance: The Issue Of. Available at SSRN 3978815. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3978815.
1. Aramonte, Sirio, Wenqian Huang, and Andreas Schrimpf. 2021. DeFi Risks and the Decentralisation Illusion, 16.
1. Barbereau, Tom, Reilly Smethurst, Orestis Papageorgiou, Johannes Sedlmeir, and Gilbert Fridgen. 2022. Decentralised Finances Unregulated Governance: Minority Rule in the Digital Wild West. Available at SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4001891.
1. Soatok. 2021. Against Web3 and Faux-Decentralization. Dhole Moments. 19 October 2021. https://soatok.blog/2021/10/19/against-web3-and-faux-decentralization/.