# kaal:claim:3782192-035

**Claim.** Before blockchain technology and cryptographic security, a dictatorship was necessary for governing a large network because more sophisticated governance architectures such as democracies could not govern efficiently at that scale.

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

**Holds when.**

- large member networks operating with twentieth century information technology

**Source quote.**

> A dictatorship was necessary for governance of the network, because more sophisticated governance architectures, such as democracies, lacked the ability to govern efficiently.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Introduction to Decentralization* (2021), Present, page 9

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192

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**Topics.** governance-design, blockchain, decentralization

**Keywords.** governance-architecture, blockchain, centralized-authority, scale

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