# kaal:claim:3782217-015

**Claim.** Until decentralized oracle protocols are secure and robustly enacted, projects should rely on centralized oracles while keeping the network's monetary value below the level at which the centralized newsfeed would gain an incentive to manipulate the data.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- pre maturity phase of decentralized oracle technology

**Source quote.**

> Until the decentralized protocol is secure and robustly enacted, it is better to rely on centralized oracles, and make sure your network doesn't grow to gain such a large monetary value that an incentive arises for the centralized newsfeed to manipulate the data.

**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, risk-and-incentives, decentralization

**Keywords.** oracles, transition-strategy, manipulation-risk, centralized-oracles

**Related claims.**

- contested_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4529715-023

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