# kaal:claim:3782203-025

**Claim.** A Code is Law assumption remains necessary for machine-scale commerce, because the multiplicity of options in a dynamically changing market demands instantaneous legal enforcement without waiting for a centralized human response.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- AI enabled IoT devices contracting across supply chains
- high frequency automated business interactions

**Source quote.**

> The multiplicity of options in a dynamically changing market demands instantaneous legal enforce- ment without waiting for a centralized response of human interjection.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *A Technical Perspective on Decentralization* (2021), Zero-sum games and Code-is-Law smart contracts, page 17

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

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**Topics.** smart-contracts, compliance, tokenomics

**Keywords.** code-is-law, iot, automated-enforcement, smart-contracts, supply-chain

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