# Classification

`kaal:entity:classification`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `classification`. 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

3 claims across 3 works, 2016 to 2022.

**2016**

- [2740477-008](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2740477-008) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Disruptive innovative technology frequently does not fit the legal categories created by recalcitrant regulatory structures, so the classification problem itself is a source of regulatory failure.
  > Disruptive innovative technology often does not fit into existing legal categories created by recalcitrant regulatory structures.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Venture Capital as Dynamic Regulation of Disruptive Innovation (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2740477

**2018**

- [3249860-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3249860-018) [definitional/evidenced] -- Coding categories frequently allowed a token to fall into more than one category, and where that occurred each category was given equal weight, coded as 0.5 and 0.5 for the corresponding dummy variables.
  > It is important to note, coding categories often allowed tokens to fall into more than one category. If the token fell into more than one category, the researchers gave equal weight to each category.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Crypto Economics - The Top 100 Token Models Compared (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3249860

**2022**

- [4021599-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4021599-003) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The core distinguishing features of blockchain technology are only generically definitional: they characterize the technology as a class but supply no specific definitions usable for classification.
  > The core distinguishing features of blockchain technology help define the technology generically but provide no specific definitions. For example, the technology's distributed consensus
  Wulf A. Kaal, Securities Versus Utility Tokens (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4021599

## Verify

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

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