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Overcollateralisation

German: Überbesicherung

Requiring collateral worth substantially more than the exposure, which substitutes for credit assessment where the borrower is pseudonymous.

Why people look this up

Credit readers asking why on-chain lending is capital-inefficient and whether undercollateralised models exist.

Auf Deutsch

Überbesicherung — Das Erfordernis, Sicherheiten deutlich über der Kredithöhe zu stellen, was die Bonitätsprüfung ersetzt, wenn der Kreditnehmer pseudonym ist.

Looking for how this maps to its traditional-finance counterpart rather than a standalone definition? See the Term Bridge, which also flags where the obvious analogy is wrong.