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DeFi (Decentralized Finance)
A blockchain-based financial system that lets people lend, borrow, and trade without banks or brokers.
🏦➡️📲 Traditional banking services, rebuilt on open code anyone can use
🌱 In Blockchain Botany
The Community Garden works like DeFi — players pool resources to unlock shared rewards.
🌍 In the real world
DeFi platforms like Uniswap and Aave handle billions in transactions daily, all run by smart contracts without any employees making decisions.
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Because DeFi is open to anyone with a wallet, it can reach people in countries where traditional banking is inaccessible or unreliable.
The best way to understand DeFi is to experience it. Blockchain Botany teaches this concept through hands-on gameplay — no real cryptocurrency involved.
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