# kaal:claim:3782217-014

**Claim.** A decentralized oracle is not secure until it has significant momentum and history, and it is not even truly decentralized until it has a large network of active members.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- oracle networks

**Source quote.**

> A decen- tralized oracle is not secure until it has significant momentum and history—an oracle is not even truly decentralized until this is achieved, until it has a large network of active members.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of History In Decentralization* (2021), SchellingCoin protocol, page 6

**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

**Topics.** smart-contracts, consensus-and-security

**Keywords.** oracles, momentum, history, security, network-size

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