# kaal:claim:3808873-025

**Claim.** Decentralized legal infrastructure solutions were almost entirely missing in the early 2020s despite strong demand, because other prerequisite decentralized infrastructure products, notably a functional public blockchain, were still missing.

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

**Holds when.**

- early 2020s decentralized legal and arbitration startups using ERC-20 tokens

**Source quote.**

> Yet, other important decentralized infrastructure products, such as a functional public blockchain were still missing which undermined decentralized infrastructure solutions.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization Neutralizers* (2021), IX. Regulation, page 21

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

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**Failure mode.** Missing Prerequisite Infrastructure  (family: cold-start-and-bootstrapping)

**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems, blockchain, decentralization

**Keywords.** legal-infrastructure, public-blockchain, decentralized-arbitration, dependencies

**Related claims.**

- specializes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-040
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3409548-014

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