Decentralized as in bitcoin, where proofs of work confirm transactions? That is not news, since 6 years ago.
Decentralized as in any other electronic transfer system, where you trust a few nodes to confirm the transaction? "Each node in the network communicates with a set of other nodes that it believes will not collude (such as nodes run by universities, governments, and companies)" That is not news, it's from decades ago. (Some people even tried to put a patent on it, like 15 years ago: http://www.google.com/patents/US6173272)
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"A decentralized protocol for sending and receiving money": How is this news, exactly?
Or, just rephrasing:
Decentralized as in bitcoin, where proofs of work confirm transactions? That is not news, since 6 years ago.
Decentralized as in any other electronic transfer system, where you trust a few nodes to confirm the transaction? "Each node in the network communicates with a set of other nodes that it believes will not collude (such as nodes run by universities, governments, and companies)" That is not news, it's from decades ago. (Some people even tried to put a patent on it, like 15 years ago: http://www.google.com/patents/US6173272)