Trust-minimization
The Web3 design principle of reducing how much one must rely on the goodwill or honesty of others by having rules, cryptography, and incentives enforce correct behavior instead — the spirit captured in the phrase "less trust, more truth." It is a more precise framing than "trustless," since trust is reduced and relocated rather than truly abolished (see Trustlessness).
In the bookExplained in Chapter 25: Toward a Definition: "Read, Write, Own" and Competing Framings
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