# kaal:claim:3782214-007

**Claim.** The absence of a governance process is especially dangerous for peer to peer platforms precisely because decentralized organizations find it extremely difficult to change their rules once established.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- large decentralized networks with distributed power

**Source quote.**

> The lack of governance is especially dangerous for these PCP platforms, because it is extremely difficult for decentralized organizations to change their rules.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Governance* (2021), Chapter 6. Governance, page 5

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Governance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782214

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `ba892bb200c1455447c0014f5067a501a93ea9ec413c31942d95952eb3bdfd9d` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Decentralized%20Governance.pdf

**Failure mode.** rule change rigidity  (family: rule-obsolescence-and-ossification)

**Topics.** governance-design, decentralization

**Keywords.** rule-change, constitutional-design, decentralization, protocol-governance

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