# kaal:claim:3782216-003

**Claim.** Blockchain transactions will always be expensive compared with other peer to peer transactions, because blockchain data must be stored eternally and redundantly on as many machines as possible to support decentralization.

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

**Source quote.**

> Blockchain transactions will always be expensive compared with other P9P trans- actions. Blockchain transactions are required to be stored eternally and redundantly on as many machines as possible to aid decentralization.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Finance (DeFi)* (2021), Banking and ZKRollups

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782216

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `f1739743aa06bbc1641cd65da790d531b69d8628ea3f5cc3fcad1bf5a1242373` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Decentralized%20Finance%20%28DeFi%29.pdf

**Topics.** blockchain, economics, decentralization

**Keywords.** blockchain, transaction-costs, storage, decentralization

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