# Bugs

`kaal:entity:bugs`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `bugs`. 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, 2019 to 2019.

**2019**

- [3405401-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3405401-020) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Even small and simple smart contracts often contain bugs that trigger unforeseeable consequences, so contract simplicity is not by itself a guarantee of correct execution.
  > Even small and simple smart contracts often have bugs that trigger unforeseeable consequences.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Commerce – A Primer on Why Decentralized Reputation Verification Systems Are Needed (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3405401
- [3441904-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-033) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Rulemaking via code is not itself a cure for static regulation, because coded solutions are subject to natural flaws such as bugs and cannot evolutionarily change protocols, making them another stable and presumptively optimal attempt.
  > On the other hand, coded solutions are subject to natural flaws (bugs) and cannot evolutionarily change protocols.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904

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