# kaal:claim:3606663-018

**Claim.** Anonymity in decentralized networks imposes a specific design constraint: system architects need a special skillset to navigate the limits that anonymity places on system design, and that skillset remains very rare in the early 2020s.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- decentralized networks with anonymous and autonomous participants
- incentive compatible token design

**Source quote.**

> The anonymity in decentralized networks requires a special skillset for system architects who know how to navigate the limitations in system design that is associated with anonymity.

**From.** Kaal, *Digital Asset Market Evolution* (2020), 3. Challenges for Early Stage Investors, page 33

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

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**Topics.** risk-and-incentives, decentralization, economics

**Keywords.** anonymity, system-architecture, incentive-design, decentralization, talent-scarcity

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