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A decentralized exchange is a non-custodial trading system, often peer-to-peer or smart-contract based, that reduces reliance on a central operator.

Non-custodial trading removes the operator’s custody risk, but the venue still has layers: the settlement layer is public on-chain, and the front-end interface can log traffic, restrict regions, or filter orders independently of the protocol underneath.

For privacy the relevant questions are what the interface records, what the chain reveals about the trade, and whether the venue requires any account at all. Records here note the architecture per listing.

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