# kaal:claim:3808859-039

**Claim.** A truly decentralized public blockchain must satisfy three simultaneous requirements: no points of centralization and corruption, full security at the level of proof of work, and transaction throughput above one hundred thousand transactions per second.

**Type.** design  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- stated as the requirement for technological decentralization via blockchain

**Source quote.**

> That is, a public blockchain that is not subject to points of centralization and corruption, that is fully secure at the level of proof of work security with a transaction throughput of over one hundred thousand transactions per seconds.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades* (2021), VI. The Need for Technology Infrastructure Upgrades, page 46

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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**Topics.** blockchain, consensus-and-security

**Keywords.** public-blockchain, throughput, proof-of-work, design-requirements

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3373393-036

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