# kaal:claim:4021599-003

**Claim.** The core distinguishing features of blockchain technology are only generically definitional: they characterize the technology as a class but supply no specific definitions usable for classification.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> The core distinguishing features of blockchain technology help define the technology generically but provide no specific definitions. For example, the technology's distributed consensus

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Securities Versus Utility Tokens* (2022), I. Introduction, page 3

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Securities Versus Utility Tokens (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4021599

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `bb03790af46b3710e306121cfae25f850e3e7477e0f95313af42b9feeb6bc0c4` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202022%20-%20Securities%20Versus%20Utility%20Tokens.pdf

**Failure mode.** generic-features-no-specific-definition  (family: definitional-ambiguity)

**Topics.** blockchain, systemic-risk

**Keywords.** blockchain-definition, classification, nomenclature, regulatory-clarity

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