# kaal:claim:3227967-034

**Claim.** In a truly decentralized system any mistake, such as a stolen or lost password or a programming bug, is permanent and irrevocable.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- truly decentralized systems with no reversal authority

**Source quote.**

> Remember that in a truly decentralized system, any mistakes (stolen/lost passwords, programming bugs, etc.) are permanent and irrevocable.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, *Legal Education in a Digital Age Why 'Coding for Lawyers' Matters* (2018), IX. Coding for Lawyers, page 30

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in a Digital Age Why 'Coding for Lawyers' Matters (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227967

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `f6e13b956f864ab32ec3305d095a35a127770327d75b3688f785cefc437d369f` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Fenwick%20et%20al.%20-%202018%20-%20Legal%20Education%20in%20a%20Digital%20Age%20Why%20%27Coding%20for%20Lawyers%27%20Matters.pdf

**Failure mode.** Irrevocability of decentralized errors  (family: custody-and-key-loss)

**Topics.** blockchain, dao, risk-and-incentives, decentralization

**Keywords.** blockchain, irreversibility, daos, risk, decentralization

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-021

**Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of the claim. Its sha256 is the content hash used for attestation.