# kaal:claim:7314479-012

**Claim.** The true constraint on scale for sovereign local agent runtimes is coordination cost, which is invisible in throughput, latency, and token-cost benchmarks that measure the performance of composition but not the cost of arranging it.

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

**Holds when.**

- benchmarks the field currently reports for agent runtimes

**Source quote.**

> This is the true constraint on scale for the class, and it is invisible in every benchmark the field currently reports. Throughput, latency, and token cost measure the performance of composition. They do not measure the cost of arranging it.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes* (2026), IV. Connectivity Is Not Coordination, page 9

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7314479

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `debace24a155ae924a155b1fafe98856d98cf83689feff2f87a32f1c06171ce6` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202026%20-%20Institutional%20Requirements%20for%20Sovereign%20Local%20Agent%20Runtimes.pdf

**Topics.** economics, research-methods, ai-and-agents

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