# kaal:claim:3808873-010

**Claim.** The decentralization of network technology is capped by its host environment: decentralized systems are built on and confined by the internet, which is decentralized in its foundation but has a centralized order structure.

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

**Holds when.**

- decentralized systems built on existing internet infrastructure

**Source quote.**

> The decentralization of network technology is limited because it operates in an environment of centralized technology. The internet, while in its foundation decentralized, has a centralized order structure.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization Neutralizers* (2021), II. Degrees of Decentralization, page 9

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873

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**Failure mode.** Centralized Substrate Ceiling  (family: recentralization-drift)

**Topics.** decentralization

**Keywords.** internet-infrastructure, centralization, network-technology, constraints

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