# Centralized institutions

`kaal:entity:centralized-institutions`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `centralized-institutions`. 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 2021.

**2019**

- [3405401-014](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3405401-014) [empirical/evidenced] -- Trust barometers such as the Edelman report show a radical depreciation of trust in centralized institutions between 2017 and 2018.
  > Trust barometers, such as the Edelman report, assessing the level of trust in centralized institutions suggests radical depreciation in trust between the years 2017 and 2018.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Commerce – A Primer on Why Decentralized Reputation Verification Systems Are Needed (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3405401

**2021**

- [3808873-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808873-004) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The libertarian and reformist orientation of the crypto community itself neutralizes decentralization, because the strong idea of reforming society with decentralized technology makes cooperation with existing centralized structures often suboptimal.
  > The idea of reforming society with decentralized technology remains strong in the crypto community. As a result, cooperation with existing centralized structures is often suboptimal.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873

## Verify

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