# kaal:claim:3373393-022

**Claim.** It is decentralized network connectivity via the Internet, rather than blockchain's use of digital signatures, that provides the most protection against fraud, because multiple copies of the blockchain are available to all participants across the distributed network.

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

**Holds when.**

- fully distributed, decentralized networks

**Source quote.**

> blockchain's use of digital signatures helps establish the identity and authenticity of the parties involved in the transaction, it is the completely decentralized network connectivity via the Internet that allows the most protection against fraud.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Solutions for Agency Problems in Corporate Governance* (2019), III.1 Blockchain Guarantees, page 15

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Solutions for Agency Problems in Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3373393

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**Topics.** blockchain, decentralization

**Keywords.** blockchain, fraud-prevention, decentralization, digital-signatures

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-018
- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2939127-016
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2959730-017

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