Another advantage to the decentralized model is the privacy it provides. Users are not required to disclose their personal details to anyone, except if the exchange method involves bank transfers, in which case your identity is revealed only to the person that is selling or buying from you.
Furthermore, the hosting of decentralized exchanges is distributed through nodes meaning that there is no risk of server downtimeOf course, there is always a downside and this case is no exception. Centralized exchanges are extremely popular for many reasons.
Some decentralized exchanges like Bitsquare require users to be online in order for an order to be listed and for the trade to take place, requiring users to perform certain actions like signaling that a payment was received.
Trading features like margin trading, lending and stop loss are currently not available in the decentralized model as they only allow the basic exchange of currency for a predetermined value.
