# Adoption

`kaal:entity:adoption`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 38 claims that carry the concept tag `adoption`. 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

38 claims across 21 works, 2017 to 2025.

**2017**

- [2959730-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2959730-004) [predictive/argued] -- As the use of blockchain technology grows in the private investment fund industry, pressure on the traditional fee structure is likely to continue to grow, even though the proportion of fund strategies applying such technologies remains small.
  > While the overall proportion of strategies of private investment funds that apply modern technologies, including blockchain technology, is still small, as the use of blockchain technology grows in the private investment fund industry, the pressure on the fee structure is likely to continue to grow.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Applications and Fee Structure Developments in Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2959730
- [2998033-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2998033-006) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Blockchain enabled services should expect the same incumbent resistance that sharing platforms encountered, so technical viability will not by itself produce rapid market acceptance.
  > future blockchain-enabled sharing services may not be accepted quickly and without resistance on the part of incumbents challenged by new ways of delivering a service or product.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Innovation for Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2998033
- [2998033-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2998033-040) [normative/asserted] -- Regulatory guidance is essential to the continuing evolution and blockchain integration of the private investment fund industry, so the constraint on further adoption is regulatory rather than technological.
  > Regulatory guidance will be essential to ensuring the continuing evolution and blockchain integration for the private investment fund industry.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Innovation for Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2998033

**2018**

- [3227933-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-022) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The claim that blockchain is secure by design cannot yet be relied on, because the technology has not been adopted widely enough to be severely tested, and hacking attacks on digital currencies underscore the concern.
  > Another important challenge is cybersecurity; supporters of blockchain claim that it is secure by design, but the technology hasn't been adopted widely enough yet for it to be severely tested.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933
- [3227933-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-025) [empirical/evidenced] -- Against the view that blockchain is merely hype, the authors argue that the widespread proliferation of blockchain initiatives, and in particular the fact that so many old world organizations are exploring blockchain and smart contract uses, indicates that adoption is near a tipping point.
  > The fact that so many "old world" organizations are exploring possible uses of blockchains and smart contracts suggests that it not all hype.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933

**2019**

- [3396522-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3396522-018) [mechanism/argued] -- Stability drives a causal chain in commerce: the more stable a cryptocurrency, the more it proliferates, and the more stable cryptocurrencies proliferate in commerce, the less able corruption is to destroy economic growth, making the degree of currency stability negatively correlated with corruption.
  > The more stable a cryptocurrency is, the more likely it is to proliferate.137 In turn, the more proliferation of stable cryptocurrencies occurs in commerce, the less likely it is for corruption to destroy economic growth.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vadhindran K. Rao, Stable Cryptocurrencies (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3396522
- [3396522-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3396522-031) [design/argued] -- Currency stability should be used as the consumer facing proxy for interoperability, because teaching the public to value stability is easier than educating it about the blockchain technology that produces technical interoperability.
  > Rather than using technological solutions and educating the public on the blockchain technology that helps create interoperability, currency stability, and the public's recognition of the desirability of currency stability, serves as a proxy for interoperability.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vadhindran K. Rao, Stable Cryptocurrencies (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3396522
- [3396522-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3396522-033) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Decentralization technology is unlikely to proliferate without a core use case beyond store of value; banking, money transmission, and triple entry accounting are natural use cases but fall short of being universal use cases for public blockchains.
  > Moreover, without a core use case, other than the store of value, decentralization technology is less likely to proliferate.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vadhindran K. Rao, Stable Cryptocurrencies (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3396522
- [3406323-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3406323-020) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Without a core use case other than the store of value provided by Bitcoin, decentralization technology is less likely to proliferate; banking, money transmission, and triple entry accounting are natural but insufficient as universal use cases for public blockchains.
  > Without a core use case, other than the store of value (in Bitcoin), decentralization technology is less likely to proliferate.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323
- [3406323-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3406323-025) [condition/argued] -- Without something that functions as an insurance policy when commercial risks materialize, the public has no reason to pursue the benefits of decentralized commerce, so decentralized underwriting is of core importance to any future decentralized technology solution.
  > Without someone or something that functions as an insurance policy should risks in commerce materialize, the public has no reason to try to benefit from the potential benefits of decentralized commerce
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323
- [3409548-017](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3409548-017) [predictive/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Blockchain-enabled sharing services are unlikely to be accepted quickly or without resistance, because incumbents challenged by new ways of delivering a service or product will resist, as the existing legal disputes over sharing platforms demonstrate.
  > demonstrate that future blockchain-enabled sharing services may not be accepted quickly and without resistance on the part of incumbents challenged by new ways of delivering a service or product.
  Kaal, Financial Technology and Hedge Funds (2019). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3409548
- [3409548-026](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3409548-026) [empirical/evidenced] -- Artificial intelligence and machine learning are used far more heavily for idea generation and portfolio optimization than for execution: two thirds of surveyed funds use them to generate trading ideas and optimize portfolios, while only just over a quarter use automation to execute trades.
  > Two-thirds of respondents use AI/ML to generate trading ideas and optimize portfolios.101 Just over a quarter of respondents use automation to execute trades.
  Kaal, Financial Technology and Hedge Funds (2019). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3409548
- [3409548-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3409548-027) [empirical/evidenced] -- Adoption of artificial intelligence in hedge funds remains partial rather than total: more than four out of ten survey respondents still rely on conventional human thinking to guide their investment processes.
  > However, more than four out of ten of survey respondents still rely on conventional human thinking to guide their investment processes.
  Kaal, Financial Technology and Hedge Funds (2019). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3409548
- [3409548-037](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3409548-037) [empirical/asserted] -- Most large private equity and hedge fund advisers have not yet even considered combining blockchain with big data and artificial intelligence, leaving first mover efficiency gains to smaller competitors.
  > Most large fund advisers in the private equity and hedge fund industry have not yet considered implementing blockchain technology in combination with big data applications and artificial intelligence.
  Kaal, Financial Technology and Hedge Funds (2019). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3409548
- [3409548-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3409548-038) [condition/argued] -- Large managers will begin innovating only once the long-term benefits of the technologies exceed their implementation cost, and because that cost is much larger for large managers than for the smaller managers currently experimenting, the threshold for change is higher for them.
  > If and when the long- term benefits of using the technologies exceed the implementation cost, which are much larger for larger managers than for the smaller managers who are currently experimenting with such technologies, larger managers are incentivized to start the innovation process as well.
  Kaal, Financial Technology and Hedge Funds (2019). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3409548
- [3411110-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411110-022) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Regulatory uncertainty produces a chilling effect: because early adopters must apply traditional law to novel instruments and cannot reach a comfortable level of certainty, legacy businesses hold back from adoption.
  > As a result, there is a chilling effect over the industry where legacy businesses are weary to adopt because of regulatory uncertainty.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Samuel Evans, Blockchain-Based Securities Offerings (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411110
- [3411110-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411110-033) [condition/argued] -- Widespread retail investor trading of digital securities, including the ability to margin them, is the linchpin of survivability for blockchain based securities offerings; without retail access the technology may remain marginalized in the offering process.
  > will be the linchpin of survivability and evolution of blockchain-based securities offerings. Without retail investor access, the technology may remain marginalized in the offering process.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Samuel Evans, Blockchain-Based Securities Offerings (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411110
- [3411897-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-025) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Without a core use case beyond Bitcoin's store of value function, decentralization technology is less likely to proliferate.
  > Without a core use case, other than the store of value (in Bitcoin), decentralization technology is less likely to proliferate.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - Past, Present, and Future (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411897
- [3441904-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-004) [predictive/argued] -- DAOs are unlikely to disrupt existing corporate structures in the foreseeable future because the blockchain industry is still in its infancy and core decentralized infrastructure elements will remain lacking.
  > Because the blockchain industry is still in its infancy and core decentralized infrastructure elements will remain lacking for the foreseeable future, DAOs are less likely to disrupt existing corporate structures and the associated governance solutions in the foreseeable future.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904
- [3441904-026](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-026) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The complex systems that decentralized infrastructure technology will reform are interdependent, so development of the infrastructure elements alone is not enough: structural and cultural changes in legacy systems must be worked through before the technology can be applied.
  > Even if the decentralized infrastructure elements are being developed in any of the major areas of use cases for blockchain technology, complex discussions around structural and cultural changes in legacy systems are needed before the technology can be applied.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904

**2020**

- [3606663-023](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3606663-023) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The evolution of the DeFi market and its new monetary system depends on the stability of DeFi products and digital assets, and both stability and adoption of DeFi are undermined by the instability of most cryptocurrencies.
  > The evolution of the DeFi market and its new monetary system depends on the stability of DeFi products and digital assets. Stability and adoption of DeFi is undermined by the instability of most cryptocurrencies.
  Kaal, Digital Asset Market Evolution (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3606663
- [3606663-030](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3606663-030) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The digital asset market resulted from a technology push rather than a market pull: developers were driven by technical advancement rather than by usefulness and user friendliness, and market pull may only evolve once the DeFi technology infrastructure is more developed.
  > As with most innovative technologies, the digital asset market also resulted from a technology push rather than a market pull.
  Kaal, Digital Asset Market Evolution (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3606663

**2021**

- [3782191-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782191-003) [mechanism/argued] -- Unlike other societal transformations that require drawn out public debate, decentralization proceeds quietly, incrementally, and iteratively as a default solution because it builds on the existing centralized network infrastructure.
  > By contrast, the decentralization of business and society is mostly a quiet occurrence without much media attention that appears as a default solution based on the existing centralized network infrastructure.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Preface to (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782191
- [3782198-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782198-040) [predictive/argued] -- Truly successful DAOs do not yet exist, but once the architecture of a single DAO succeeds it will be quickly cloned and adapted to every imaginable economic and social organization.
  > Truly successful DAOs don't exist, yet. Once the architecture of a single DAO is successful, however, it will be quickly cloned and adapted to every imaginable economic and social organization.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198
- [3782216-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782216-024) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- The antiregulation fervor that follows from the anarchist and libertarian philosophy of most Web3 developers is damaging the potential for widespread adoption of decentralized peer to peer tools.
  > The anarchist and libertarian philosophy that informs most WebT developers' public pronouncements has led to an antiregulation fervor that is damaging the po- tential for widespread adoption of decentralized P9P tools.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782216
- [3782216-034](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782216-034) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Stablecoin collateralization and a robust decentralized economy form a chicken and egg problem: a stablecoin cannot reduce its backing until a robust decentralized economy exists, and that economy cannot be built without an efficient stablecoin.
  > We need a robust decen- tralized economy before a stablecoin can reduce its collateralization. We need an ef- ficient and useful stablecoin before we can build a robust decentralized economy. This is another of the many chicken-and-egg problems that hamper the adoption of new systems.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782216
- [3782216-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782216-038) [predictive/argued] -- Banning is the only control a centralized nation has over a decentralized network within its borders, and such bans pose no threat to the network's existence.
  > The only way a centralized nation can control a decentralized network within their borders is to ban it completely, like the PRC has for many blockchains. But that will pose no threat to their existence.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782216
- [3782216-039](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782216-039) [predictive/argued] -- DeFi will take off only when cryptocurrency is used in authentic transactions such as insurance and equities across broad segments of industry and tokenization of commodities and properties is instituted.
  > When will deFi take off? When the economy becomes viable—when cryptocur- rency is used in authentic transactions such as insurance and equities in broad seg- ments of industry and tokenization of commodities and properties is instituted.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782216
- [3782216-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782216-040) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The decentralized economy still lacks trustworthy open source decentralized institutions for recording and parsing history, reporting news and guiding attention, without which the average person cannot judge which networks to join or what to invest in.
  > We need trustworthy open source decentralized institutions for recording and parsing history, for investigating and reporting the news, for guiding our attention to the future.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782216
- [3782217-016](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782217-016) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Oracle DAOs and decentralized finance DAOs face a bootstrapping deadlock because each relies on the other for its very existence, a chicken and egg problem the authors address by having participants prove their worth in a development period before they can charge other DAOs fees.
  > Unfortunately, oracle DAOs and deFi DAOs rely on each other for their very existence. Which will come first, the chicken or the egg?
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of History In Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782217
- [3808859-017](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-017) [empirical/evidenced] -- Open source software accounts for somewhere between 78 percent and 98 percent of all core digital infrastructure software, according to industry estimates.
  > According to some estimates, open source software accounts for between 78%14 and 98%15 of all core digital infrastructure software.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859
- [3808867-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808867-020) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Upgrading existing representative democracies with decentralized supplemental voting systems may require constitutional or democratic support, and the availability of that support is dubious at best.
  > Of course, such upgrades to existing representative democracies may require constitutional or democratic support which is dubious at best.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867
- [3962614-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3962614-031) [predictive/argued] -- Because of significant path dependencies in the capital formation and capital allocation processes of existing venture capital models, the ideal typical reputation based capital allocation model is less likely to be created in the short term.
  > because of significant path dependencies in the capital formation and capital allocation process with existing venture capital models, the above illustrated ideal-typical reputation-based capital allocation model in Figure 1 is less likely to be created in the short term.
  Wulf A. Kaal, REPUTATION AS CAPITAL – How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Address Shortcomings in the Ventu (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3962614

**2025**

- [5095633-030](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5095633-030) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Well-capitalized centralized incumbents can outpace decentralized entrants in user acquisition by leveraging existing customer bases and brand recognition, so decentralized startups must show clear advantages in compensation, transparency, or data protection to win adoption.
  > Well-capitalized incumbents may leverage established customer bases and brand recognition, enabling them to outpace nascent decentralized platforms in user acquisition and marketing.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Artificial Intelligence The Final Frontier (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5095633
- [5541658-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5541658-022) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- The digital divide among legal professionals complicates equitable adoption of AI and may exacerbate rather than reduce disparities in access to justice.
  > The "digital divide" among legal professionals further complicates equitable AI adoption, potentially exacerbating access disparities.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Morgan A. Gray, The Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence in Law (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5541658
- [5886342-005](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5886342-005) [mechanism/argued] -- The Codex operates as a complementary legal layer: it adds a consistent legal dimension to existing digital systems through system referenced adoption, so a platform brings the rules into force by referring to them rather than by any state act.
  > ▪ Complementary Legal Layer, that enhances existing digital systems by adding a consistent legal dimension through system-referenced adoption.
  Furrer Andreas, Wulf A. Kaal, Stephan D. Meyer, Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5886342
- [5887242-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5887242-027) [mechanism/argued] -- The treasury creates a self-reinforcing economic flywheel: the more complete and authoritative the UDLC becomes, the larger the treasury, the higher the bounties, the stronger the incentives for top experts, and the faster the Codex evolves.
  > This creates a self-reinforcing economic flywheel. The more complete and authoritative the UDLC becomes, the larger the treasury, the higher the bounties, the stronger the incentives for top experts to contribute, and the faster the Codex evolves.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The UDLC DAO Operationalizing a Continuously Evolving Universal Digital Law Codex Through Weighted (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5887242
- [5887242-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5887242-040) [normative/asserted] -- The WDAG governance layer should be adopted immediately and exclusively as the operational engine of the Universal Digital Law Codex.
  > Deployment of this governance layer should therefore be adopted immediately and exclusively as the operational engine of the Universal Digital Law Codex.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The UDLC DAO Operationalizing a Continuously Evolving Universal Digital Law Codex Through Weighted (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5887242

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