# PROPERTIES OF ASTRONO fully known as Decentralized Finance. As opposed to traditional centralized finance, Defi refers to various financial applications built in an open decentralized network, which aims to establish a multi- faceted financial system and to re-create and improve the existing financial system based on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://astrono.gitbook.io/docs/properties-of-astrono.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.