# kaal:claim:3931933-030

**Claim.** Peer governance substitutes for platform gatekeeping: rather than convincing legacy technology leaders and their platforms, developer teams engage their own peers in the Shasper DAO to discuss and vote on proposed upgrades and testnet projects.

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

**Holds when.**

- Shasper DAO technology upgrade voting

**Source quote.**

> Rather than convincing legacy technology leaders and their respective platforms, teams of developers can engage directly with their own peers in the Shasper DAO to discuss and vote on proposed technology upgrades and Shasper testnet projects.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake* (2021), Technology Upgrades, page 9

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `55a71cdfceb96fadefba1f2fed9563b588825378c91aff644ee7faaccdf31204` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Hybrid%20Secure%20Proof%20of%20Stake.pdf

**Topics.** citation-and-knowledge, decentralization, governance-design, open-source-and-code

**Keywords.** sdao, peer-review, platform-centralization, developer-governance, technology-upgrades

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