# Centralization trap

`kaal:entity:centralization-trap`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `centralization-trap`. 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 1 works, 2025 to 2025.

**2025**

- [5887242-008](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5887242-008) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Separating internal on-chain governance from external legal relations maximizes decentralization while preserving real-world enforceability, thereby avoiding the fatal centralization that undermined earlier DAO concepts.
  > This duality maximizes decentralization while preserving enforceability in the real world, avoiding the fatal centralization that has undermined earlier DAO concepts.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The UDLC DAO Operationalizing a Continuously Evolving Universal Digital Law Codex Through Weighted (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5887242
- [5887242-013](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5887242-013) [design/argued] *(failure mode)* -- By rejecting any requirement for a legal entity, board, or registered agent, the UDLC DAO escapes the centralization trap that undermined earlier DAO legal structures while remaining enforceable through standard private international law.
  > By rejecting any requirement for a legal entity, board, or registered agent, the UDLC DAO preserves pure code-based governance while remaining enforceable through standard private international law mechanisms.
  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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