# What's Different about DeFi? Decentralized Finance offers many of the same products as Traditional Finance, including loans, savings accounts, exchanges, insurance, etc… What’s shocking though is that many of these familiar products work in very unfamiliar ways. To see what I mean, let’s look at a few examples including decentralized cash, exchanges, lending and borrowing, insurance and derivatives. Keep reading to learn more :point\_right: --- # 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://www.digitalnations.xyz/web3-overview/the-web3-ecosystem/defi/whats-different-about-defi.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.