# kaal:claim:3808852-017

**Claim.** DAO developers are subject to path dependencies that undermine the evolution of decentralized DAO designs, because the communication structures of the organizations that design systems invariably shape future designs.

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

**Source quote.**

> DAO developers are also subject to path dependencies which undermine the evolution of decentralized DAO designs. The communication structures in organizations will invariably influence future designs.11

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization and Feedback Effects* (2021), III. Organizational Decentralization, page 12

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization and Feedback Effects (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808852

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**Failure mode.** developer path dependency  (family: recentralization-drift)

**Topics.** dao, open-source-and-code

**Keywords.** dao-design, path-dependency, conways-law, developer-communities

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3652481-011

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