# kaal:claim:3266953-001

**Claim.** Internet based platform businesses and distributed ledger technology businesses have not reached their full potential, and the core factor holding them back is worldwide decreasing trust in the internet together with under developed trust in decentralized technology solutions.

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

**Holds when.**

- internet based platform businesses
- distributed ledger technology businesses

**Source quote.**

> Multiple studies, data, and anecdotal evidence suggest that one core factor that undermines their evolution is the worldwide decreasing trust in the internet and under-developed trust in decentralized technology solutions.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, *Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper* (2018), Abstract, page 1

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3266953

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**Failure mode.** trust deficit ceiling on adoption  (family: agency-cost-and-managerial-opportunism)

**Topics.** reputation, decentralization, blockchain, innovation

**Keywords.** trust-deficit, platform-business, distributed-ledger, technology-adoption

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