# kaal:claim:3373393-024

**Claim.** Cryptographic hashes increase blockchain security and remove the trust barriers in agency relationships that otherwise require monitoring of agents and generate agency costs.

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

**Source quote.**

> Cryptographic hashes used in blockchain technology further increase blockchain security and removes trust barriers in agency relationships that require monitoring of agents and create agency costs.

**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.** consensus-and-security, citation-and-knowledge, blockchain, reputation, compliance, corporate-governance

**Keywords.** cryptographic-hashing, blockchain, trust, monitoring, agency-costs

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