# kaal:claim:3782203-004

**Claim.** Protocol centralization, meaning rigid and immediately enforced rules such as those executed by smart contracts, leads to instability unless it is implemented wisely.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- smart contract enforced protocols
- politically decentralized networks

**Source quote.**

> However, protocol centralization leads to instability if it is not implemented wisely.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *A Technical Perspective on Decentralization* (2021), Chapter 6. Technical perspective, page 3

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, A Technical Perspective on Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782203

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `ab8a22d0dbb026a09212a4c85963f3c05787cf80775e8613ae3724e3883e7a56` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20A%20Technical%20Perspective%20on%20Decentralization.pdf

**Failure mode.** unwise-protocol-centralization  (family: smart-contract-rigidity)

**Topics.** decentralization, smart-contracts, dao, governance-design

**Keywords.** protocol-centralization, smart-contracts, instability, dao-governance

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-040
- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782193-008

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