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# Decentralisation & Blockchain

To make Anthill possible we need trust in ourselves and trust in the system that enforces and regulate the community and the token. 

This trust shouldn’t be given to individuals, because people can be corrupted and people could discriminate. \
The solution is to create a “machine” that we can trust, that cannot discriminate or be corrupted by anyone. A system that together we can improve and develop. 

To do this we need a technology that is censor resistant (unstoppable), open-source so that everyone can check the code and that is extremely hard/impossible to be hacked. \
This technology is called Blockchain. 

**Blockchain** is the only technology that can guarantee us full decentralization and autonomous functionalities that can constantly reward our contributions and enforce our agreements. 

### **We are building a Web3 application on Polygon.**

## **WHY POLYGON**

[**Polygon**](https://polygon.technology/) is the [**Eco-Friendly**](https://blog.polygon.technology/polygon-the-eco-friendly-blockchain-scaling-ethereum-bbdd52201ad/) **Blockchain Scaling** [**Ethereum**](https://ethereum.org/en/) platform that enables developers to build scalable decentralised user-friendly dApps with low transaction fees without ever sacrificing on security.

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Polygon combines the best of Ethereum and sovereign blockchains into a full-fledged multi-chain system.

* It is able to fully benefit from Ethereum’s network effects
* It is inherently more secure
* It is more open and powerful

Over 7000+ dApps have used Polygon to scale their performance

### Polygon makes Ethereum accessible for all.

**ETH Compatibility**\
Industry dominance, established tech stack, tools, languages, standards, enterprise adoption

**Scalability**\
Dedicated blockchains, scalable consensus algorithms, custom Wasm execution environments

**Security**\
Modular ''security as a service'', provided either by Ethereum or by a pool of professional validators

**Developer Experience**\
Equivalent to Ethereum, no protocol level knowledge required, no token deposits, fees or permissions


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