# kaal:claim:3411897-026

**Claim.** Without intuitive consumer access points comparable to iTunes, decentralized systems cannot reach mainstream consumer adoption, because users currently must manage their own security, keys, and wallets.

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

**Holds when.**

- current decentralized system requirements that force users to manage keys

**Source quote.**

> Without such intuitive consumer support access points, it is difficult to see how decentralized systems can ever reach mainstream consumer adoption.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization - Past, Present, and Future* (2019), Part 2: The Present, Decentralization Neutralizers, page 34

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - Past, Present, and Future (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411897

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `82f0aea026b3e3a526ec51bc073b3b864dc06cd9083ff9c54c550037045edaa9` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202019%20-%20Decentralization%20-%20Past%2C%20Present%2C%20and%20Future.pdf

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

**Topics.** institutional-design

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

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3406323-021

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