It does for
@injective.
You have 50 validators running full nodes and many others running their own non validator nodes.
Every single operation of the exchange lives onchain, as long as there's a node running in the world, you can simply connect to that and still trade.
Even if all the existing nodes ban you somehow, you can simply grab the chain binary & rent a $40 server from
@Hetzner_Online or some other service & run your own node, cheap and easy to run one.
Now you can simply send your trades to your own node if you wish.
Now, even if the all the validators shut down their nodes then there's nothing stopping you from continuing to run your own or even just fork the chain and spin up your own trading engine since the whole chain code is open source.
Also, since most normal users need a frontend to trade, so in a case where the current main frontend for Injective
@HelixMarkets shuts down, you can literally just fork the Helix source code and run it locally in your own computer !!!
Main node gone? Many other available.
No node accepting you? Run your own.
Main frontend gone or you're banned from existing ones? Run your own.
Some very impossible scenario where the entire chain, the team, the validators and the node is gone? You can literally just RUN YOUR OWN.
Running the frontend is very easy, something even a non technical user can do, running a node may require some experience, running the fork of the chain may require more experience, but it's certainly possible.
Injective can continue operations even in worst scenarios.
A DEX should be able to seamlessly continue operations if the founding team shut their laptops and never returned
How many exchanges does this apply for today?