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 #### Reasoning about append-only properties in a distributed system
 
-OpenPGP is a thoroughly distributed system. Users can obtain and transmit certificate information about their own, as well as other users', certificates using a broad range of mechanisms. These mechanisms include keyservers, manual handling, [Web Key Directory](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service/) (WKD) and [Autocrypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocrypt).
+OpenPGP is a decentral and distributed system. Users can obtain and transmit certificate information about their own, as well as other users', certificates using a broad range of mechanisms. These mechanisms include keyservers, manual handling, [Web Key Directory](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service/) (WKD) and [Autocrypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocrypt).
 
 Different users' OpenPGP software may obtain different views of a particular certificate, over time. Individual users' OpenPGP instances have to reconcile and store a combined version of the possibly disparate elements they obtain from different sources.