# kaal:claim:3808852-039

**Claim.** The role of central government is increasingly under attack because Bitcoin could not be controlled or regulated by centralized governments, which spawned a community effort to build decentralized applications free from government control.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- as observed in the early 2020s

**Source quote.**

> in the early 2020s, the Bitcoin cryptocurrency could not be controlled or regulated by centralized governments and has spawned a community effort to find more decentralized applications that are free from government control.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization and Feedback Effects* (2021), V. Governmental Decentralization, page 24

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

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `31e91158fdeefebc2f0be54ebf89751f7cdd4c89ecea932888f5ba9be6b1caba` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Decentralization%20and%20Feedback%20Effects.pdf

**Topics.** tokenomics

**Keywords.** bitcoin, regulatory-resistance, central-government, crypto-movement

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