# kaal:claim:4734750-002

**Claim.** The smart contract industry is still projected to grow to several billion dollars over the next decade even though security audit costs and exploit losses are substantial, so vulnerability costs slow but do not halt industry growth.

**Type.** predictive  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- smart contract industry through roughly 2032

**Source quote.**

> the smart contracts industry is still estimated to grow to several billion dollars in the next decade

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Code Review DAO* (2024), Smart Contract Vulnerabilities Undermine Industry Growth, page 7

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Code Review DAO (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4734750

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `60eadf91c0913468505afc664c8d8d1e1673d6c5326d031ca7060addb8ab2eda` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202024%20-%20Code%20Review%20DAO.pdf

**Topics.** smart-contracts, consensus-and-security, economics

**Keywords.** smart-contracts, industry-growth, security-costs, market-forecast

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