# kaal:claim:3808859-040

**Claim.** Without basic decentralized infrastructure products in place, on-chain governance of blockchains is not possible or is only limitedly possible, and the blockchain ecosystem may not be able to grow without a core decentralized infrastructure such as a functioning public blockchain to build on.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> Without such basic infrastructure products, on-chain governance of blockchains may not be or may only limitedly be possible.

**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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**Failure mode.** governance blocked by missing infrastructure  (family: cold-start-and-bootstrapping)

**Topics.** governance-design, decentralization, blockchain

**Keywords.** on-chain-governance, decentralized-infrastructure, blockchain-ecosystem, prerequisites

**Related claims.**

- generalizes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808873-025
- supports: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-004
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3409548-014

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