# kaal:claim:3782205-010

**Claim.** Digital information storage makes decentralization newly viable because every participant can hold the authoritative record of the organization's entire history, removing the need for a central authority over the record.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** asserted

**Source quote.**

> Digital information storage, which allows each person to be the authoritative holders of the entire organization's history. No centralized authority is needed to be in charge of the record.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Eight Institutions for the Evolution of Decentralization* (2021), Chapter 9. Eight institutions, page 2

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Eight Institutions for the Evolution of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782205

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**Topics.** decentralization, blockchain

**Keywords.** distributed-ledger, record-keeping, decentralization, digital-storage

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