# kaal:claim:3782191-003

**Claim.** Unlike other societal transformations that require drawn out public debate, decentralization proceeds quietly, incrementally, and iteratively as a default solution because it builds on the existing centralized network infrastructure.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- decentralization of business and society
- compared with contested changes such as globalization

**Source quote.**

> By contrast, the decentralization of business and society is mostly a quiet occurrence without much media attention that appears as a default solution based on the existing centralized network infrastructure.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Preface to* (2021), What is decentralization? A lawyer's perspective from Wulf Kaal, page 3

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Preface to (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782191

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `b0bf0529c3cf69839879bc4da476714efee2717a4beb768bd5c859b810e6174e` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Preface%20to.pdf

**Topics.** decentralization

**Keywords.** decentralization, adoption, incrementalism, network-infrastructure

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