# kaal:claim:2992962-001

**Claim.** The existing legal infrastructure cannot address the legal challenges presented by crypto transaction disputes, because it is impossible to consistently identify the parties to a dispute arising from crypto transactions on the blockchain.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- public blockchains where parties transact anonymously

**Source quote.**

> The existing legal infrastructure cannot address legal challenges presented by crypto transaction disputes. For instance, it is impossible to consistently identify the parties to a dispute in the context of crypto transactions on the blockchain.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Craig Calcaterra, *Crypto Transaction Dispute Resolution* (2017), I. Introduction, page 4

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Craig Calcaterra, Crypto Transaction Dispute Resolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2992962

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**Failure mode.** party-identification-impossibility  (family: legal-personality-and-liability-gap)

**Topics.** systemic-risk, law-and-legal-systems

**Keywords.** crypto-dispute-resolution, jurisdiction, anonymity, legal-infrastructure

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