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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.