# kaal:claim:3782205-036

**Claim.** News services acting as oracles and information repositories must themselves be decentralized if the decentralized economy is to have a trustworthy information layer.

**Type.** design  **Support.** asserted

**Source quote.**

> News services (oracles) and information repositories need to be decentralized.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Eight Institutions for the Evolution of Decentralization* (2021), Chapter 9. Eight institutions, page 5

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

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `5ba52c63e81019b6867fb29c4a50821ff574e510d79b31b8ce9f4c726a0ebc71` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Eight%20Institutions%20for%20the%20Evolution%20of%20Decentralization.pdf

**Topics.** smart-contracts, reputation

**Keywords.** oracles, information, ratings, history, trust

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