# kaal:claim:2992962-009

**Claim.** A government cannot control a blockchain by pressuring individuals within its territory; it would need complete control of 51 percent of the anonymous global users before it could change any part of the code.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- decentralized public blockchains

**Source quote.**

> If the U.S. government attempted to exert power over the system by influencing any number of individuals within their jurisdiction, they would need complete control of 51% of the anonymous global users before they could change any part of the code.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Craig Calcaterra, *Crypto Transaction Dispute Resolution* (2017), e) Technical Summary, page 23

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

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**Topics.** decentralization, consensus-and-security, law-and-legal-systems

**Keywords.** decentralization, consensus, state-power, jurisdiction

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