# kaal:claim:2992962-016

**Claim.** Breach of a smart contract is arguably not even possible, because the contract simply will not execute if a parameter is not fulfilled.

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

**Holds when.**

- fully self executing smart contracts on Ethereum

**Source quote.**

> Arguably, breach of a smart contract is not even possible, the contract simply will not execute if a parameter is not fulfilled.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Craig Calcaterra, *Crypto Transaction Dispute Resolution* (2017), b) Enforcement of Smart Contracts, page 38

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

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `80b92e67594394e38af41b769327936833de8e25d6cf3def966a6ba13bc83d17` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20and%20Calcaterra%20-%202017%20-%20Crypto%20Transaction%20Dispute%20Resolution.pdf

**Failure mode.** no-breach-no-remedy  (family: smart-contract-rigidity)

**Topics.** smart-contracts

**Keywords.** breach, smart-contracts, contract-remedies, self-execution

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