# kaal:claim:3002908-005

**Claim.** Jurisdiction over the public blockchain does not exist within the present doctrinal infrastructure for jurisdiction, and in practice the blockchain cannot be regulated or governed because it is decentralized and autonomous.

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

**Holds when.**

- applies to public, permissionless blockchains rather than private or consortium ledgers with an identifiable operator

**Source quote.**

> More specifically, jurisdiction over the public blockchain does not exist within the present doctrinal infrastructure for jurisdiction. In practice, the blockchain itself cannot be regulated or governed because it is decentralized and autonomous.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, *Blockchain Innovation in Private Investment Funds - A Comparative Analysis of the United States and* (2017), III. Regulatory Recognition of Blockchain Technology, page 12

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, Blockchain Innovation in Private Investment Funds - A Comparative Analysis of the United States and (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3002908

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**Failure mode.** jurisdictional-nonapplicability  (family: jurisdictional-conflict)

**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems, blockchain, decentralization

**Keywords.** jurisdiction, public-blockchain, decentralization, regulability

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