# kaal:claim:3406323-021

**Claim.** Mass adoption of decentralized protocols will remain out of reach so long as users must discern and manage public and private keys to wallets, because user access and usability fall short of mass adoption needs.

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

**Holds when.**

- existing decentralized technologies as of 2019

**Source quote.**

> It will be very difficult to educate the public sufficiently to seamlessly adopt decentralized protocols in their daily life if users have to discern and manage public and private keys to wallets, among other concerns.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy* (2019), V. Obstacles, page 12

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323

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**Failure mode.** key-management-usability-barrier  (family: adoption-and-usability-barrier)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** usability, mass-adoption, key-management, user-experience

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-026

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