# kaal:claim:3606663-034

**Claim.** In the early 2020s the DeFi technology infrastructure was insufficiently developed to support DeFi growth estimates and growth potential, and fulfilling that potential requires significant tradeoffs between scaling, security, and levels of decentralization.

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

**Holds when.**

- DeFi infrastructure as of the early 2020s
- projected DeFi growth rates

**Source quote.**

> In the early 2020s, the DeFi technology infrastructure was insufficiently developed to support DeFi growth estimates and growth potential.

**From.** Kaal, *Digital Asset Market Evolution* (2020), d) DeFi Infrastructure Case Study, page 71

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

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `d1d4a15a293b715bb6a5a32e689f59c3a1587915039ba9a1cf4eeb8ee2a1e57c` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202020%20-%20Digital%20Asset%20Market%20Evolution.pdf

**Failure mode.** infrastructure shortfall against growth potential  (family: scalability-and-throughput-limit)

**Topics.** defi, consensus-and-security, decentralization

**Keywords.** defi, infrastructure, scalability, security, decentralization

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