# kaal:claim:3405401-030

**Claim.** The rigorous code is law standard associated with smart contracting can be upheld while still gaining flexibility, because reputation verification operates at the level of smart contract template verification rather than altering contract execution.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- verification applied to smart contract templates

**Source quote.**

> While the rigorous standard of "code is law", associated with smart contracting, can be upheld, reputation verification enables smart contract template verification.

**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.** smart-contracts, reputation

**Keywords.** code-is-law, template-verification, reputation-verification, smart-contracts

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3406323-036
- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-037

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