# kaal:claim:3405401-026

**Claim.** Centralized capitalist institutions have been built entirely around centralized and hierarchical reputation systems, which is why replacing them requires a decentralized reputation substitute.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** asserted

**Source quote.**

> Centralized capitalist institutions have been built entirely around centralized and hierarchical reputation systems.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Commerce – A Primer on Why Decentralized Reputation Verification Systems Are Needed* (2019), VI. Decentralized Reputation as the Solution, page 8

**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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**Topics.** reputation, institutional-design, decentralization

**Keywords.** reputation, institutions, hierarchy, centralization

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