# kaal:claim:3782217-005

**Claim.** Where a DAO is automated around a single centralized point of failure, the work of decentralizing and giving members redundant power is wasted, because the point of failure functions as a supreme leader and full centralization would be more efficient.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- DAO automated around one centralized component

**Source quote.**

> In that case it would be more efficient to completely centralize around the single point of failure the DAO is automated around. The effort you're making to decentralize and give each member redundant power is wasted, because the point of failure might as well be the supreme leader.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of History In Decentralization* (2021), Oracles, page 3

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of History In Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782217

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `358779557d8e7dcd101720ca0fad90b9146d24f1c7c03909eb431fcf1fb7e103` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20The%20Importance%20of%20History%20In%20Decentralization.pdf

**Failure mode.** wasted-decentralization  (family: recentralization-drift)

**Topics.** economics, decentralization

**Keywords.** single-point-of-failure, redundancy, efficiency, centralization

**Related claims.**

- specializes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782192-027
- specializes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782191-026
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4900878-033

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