# Adoption barrier

`kaal:entity:adoption-barrier`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `adoption-barrier`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782192-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782192-033) [predictive/argued] -- The proposed technological upgrades to democracy would be trivial to implement by reusing existing open source projects, yet they are unlikely to happen naturally without a powerful catalyst in the form of coherent social demand.
  > These changes would be technologically trivial to implement, cutting and pasting ex- isting open source projects. This is quite unlikely to happen naturally, however, with- out a powerful catalyst—coherent social demand.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Introduction to Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782192
- [3936876-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3936876-022) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Institutional investors are less likely to engage in digital asset investments where custody solutions for digital assets are underdeveloped, and they find it difficult to commit fully until a reliable and respected custody solution exists.
  > Institutional investors are less likely to engage in digital asset investments if the custody solutions for digital assets are underdeveloped.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hayley Howe, Custody of Digital Assets (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3936876

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