A trustless system is one where none of the participants know or trust any other participant or outsider for the system to work. In a trustless setting, no one entity has control over the system, and participants can reach consensus without knowing or having faith in anything other than the system itself.
Bitcoin established the peer-to-peer (P2P) network attribute of trustlessness by enabling all transactional data to be independently validated and immutably stored on a public blockchain.
The great majority of transactions involve trust, which is essential to the economy. However, by enabling people to place their trust in abstract concepts rather than organizations or other third parties, trustless systems have the potential to reshape how people interact economically completely.
It’s crucial to remember that trust is not entirely eliminated by trustless systems; rather, it is distributed in a way that rewards particular behaviors. In these circumstances, trust is diminished but not totally gone.
