# kaal:claim:3782191-015

**Claim.** Technology-driven decentralized systems depend on existing infrastructure and follow existing natural network patterns, just as predator populations could not evolve without prey.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- technology-driven decentralized systems

**Source quote.**

> Technology-driven decentralized systems depend on an ex- isting infrastructure.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Preface to* (2021), Technological Extension of the Decentralized Natural Order, page 8

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

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**Topics.** decentralization, institutional-design

**Keywords.** decentralized-technology, infrastructure-dependence, network-evolution, preconditions

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