# kaal:claim:3782191-019

**Claim.** Information in decentralized systems originates at the edges and is optimized through feedback: peers who receive information transmit its changed relevance back to the original generator, who evaluates and amends it, constantly updating and optimizing information quality.

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

**Holds when.**

- peer-to-peer decentralized networks

**Source quote.**

> This feedback constantly updates and optimizes the quality of infor- mation.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Preface to* (2021), Basics of Decentralization, page 9

**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.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** feedback-effects, information-production, peer-networks, edge-information

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