# kaal:claim:3606663-003

**Claim.** The expected growth rate of DeFi, across diverse estimates, is large enough to call into question the long term viability of the existing decentralized technology infrastructure unless core infrastructure improvements are made.

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

**Holds when.**

- decentralized finance built on existing public blockchains
- growth continues at estimated rates

**Source quote.**

> Normatively, the paper points out that the expected growth rate of the DeFi, according to diverse sets of estimates, is substantial enough to call into question the long-term viability of the decentralized technology infrastructure without core infrastructure improvements.

**From.** Kaal, *Digital Asset Market Evolution* (2020), I. Introduction, page 7

**Cite as.** Kaal, Digital Asset Market Evolution (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3606663

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**Failure mode.** infrastructure cannot absorb projected DeFi growth  (family: scalability-and-throughput-limit)

**Topics.** defi, decentralization

**Keywords.** defi, infrastructure, scalability, growth-estimates, decentralization

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