# kaal:claim:3782198-014

**Claim.** A truly decentralized organization requires that its rules be transparently available to all members; otherwise the keepers of the knowledge acquire higher status and a hierarchy forms.

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

**Holds when.**

- applies to organizations that claim to be decentralized

**Source quote.**

> In order to have a truly decentralized organization, the rules must be transpar- ently available to all members. Otherwise the keepers of the knowledge have a higher status, creating a hierarchy.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Contemporary Decentralization* (2021), Open source culture, page 11

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `e7e1378e3eed06cace6534e7792a7307d607d18bc6beb4ac45896476280728e4` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Contemporary%20Decentralization.pdf

**Topics.** disclosure, decentralization, institutional-design, governance-design

**Keywords.** transparency, decentralized-organizations, hierarchy, governance

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