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trustless -> decentralized 

Wormhole is not trustless according to the commonly
accepted definition of the word. Wormhole itself is trusted,
unlike approaches like NEAR's Rainbow Bridge, which represent
a different set of tradeoffs.
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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The following section describes the protocol and design decisions made.
### Signature scheme
In order to implement a trustless bridge, there needs to be a consensus mechanism to measure whether there is a quorum
In order to implement a decentralized bridge, there needs to be a consensus mechanism to measure whether there is a quorum
on a cross chain transfer to prevent a single malicious actor from unlocking or minting an infinite amount of assets.
There are multiple ways to measure whether enough validators have approved a decision: