# kaal:claim:3782191-031

**Claim.** At least some level of protocol centralization is generally required for group harmony and efficiency, and although power decentralization is conceptually independent of protocol decentralization, power determines how protocol is amended and enforced.

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

**Holds when.**

- groups requiring harmony and efficiency

**Source quote.**

> Generally, at least some level of protocol centralization is required for group harmony and efficiency.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Preface to* (2021), Dimensions of decentralization, page 17

**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.** protocol-decentralization, power-decentralization, group-coordination, dimensions

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