Transparency in a decentralized network is not optional: every function needs to be publicly auditable for people to trust it, because without a central authority to approve code, unexpected malicious behavior can be built into any opaque code.
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Transparency is crucial in a decentralized net- work. Every function needs to be publicly auditable for people to trust it. Without a central authority to approve it, unexpected malicious behavior can be built into any opaque code.
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Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of History In Decentralization (2021), Open source culture requires a culture of respect for history, p. 12 https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782217 · source PDF
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Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of History In Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782217
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decentralized networks without a central approving authority
extendskaal:claim:3782210-013 Because members of a decentralized network are assumed relatively equal, evidence of all bureaucratic work mus...
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