# kaal:claim:3782203-028

**Claim.** Since no algorithm can be perfectly secure in all circumstances, protocol developers should redirect effort from proving algorithms correct to building a governance process that updates the algorithm as network circumstances change, rewarding protocol improvement with meaningful reputation instead of leaving attack as the profitable option.

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

**Holds when.**

- proof of stake and other consensus protocols
- networks facing evolving adversaries

**Source quote.**

> Given the impossibility of creating an algorithm that will be perfectly secure in all circumstances, we should instead focus on developing a governance process that al- lows us to update our algorithm to adapt to the changing network circumstances to the security level required

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *A Technical Perspective on Decentralization* (2021), Application to PoS consensus algorithms, page 18

**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

**Topics.** institutional-design, governance-design, consensus-and-security, reputation, risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** evolutionary-algorithm, protocol-governance, proof-of-stake, reputation-incentives

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