# Adoption failure

`kaal:entity:adoption-failure`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `adoption-failure`. 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**

- [3782201-021](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-021) [empirical/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Despite billions of dollars of investment, radically decentralized tools including bitcoin currency, Ethereum smart contracts, and the InterPlanetary File System have not pervaded the mainstream economy.
  > These radically decentralized tools have not pervaded the mainstream economy despite billions of dollars in investment.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201
- [3782217-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782217-027) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Existing decentralized news efforts including WikiNews, the Decentralized News Network, and Steemit failed to gain wide adoption because they lacked ambition; the goal should instead be to empower individuals with greater ability to communicate and cooperate.
  > All of these examples appear to us to have failed to gain wide adoption due to a lack of ambition. The goal should be to empower individuals with greater ability to communi- cate and cooperate.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of History In Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782217

## Verify

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    curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/adoption-failure.md | sha256sum

**Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.