# kaal:claim:3405401-009

**Claim.** Despite their benefits, smart contracts are subject to significant limitations because human business interactions require a flexibility that is at odds with the merciless mathematical logic of smart contracts.

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

**Holds when.**

- human business interactions rather than fully mechanical exchanges

**Source quote.**

> Despite the significant benefits of smart contracting for business and society, smart contracts are subject to significant limitations. Human business interactions require a flexibility that is at odds with merciless mathematical logic of smart contracts.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Commerce – A Primer on Why Decentralized Reputation Verification Systems Are Needed* (2019), IV. Downsides of Smart Contracts, page 5

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Commerce – A Primer on Why Decentralized Reputation Verification Systems Are Needed (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3405401

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**Failure mode.** rigidity-of-mathematical-logic  (family: smart-contract-rigidity)

**Topics.** smart-contracts

**Keywords.** smart-contracts, flexibility, limitations, human-interaction

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-032
- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3266953-014

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