# Consumer trust

`kaal:entity:consumer-trust`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `consumer-trust`. 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, 2017 to 2021.

**2017**

- [2992962-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2992962-003) [predictive/argued] *(failure mode)* -- If the jurisdictional means necessary for conflict resolution mechanisms covering Ethereum blockchain based smart contracting are absent, consumers will mistrust the new technology, and that mistrust can undermine the evolution of the blockchain based crypto economy.
  > Not having the required jurisdictional means necessary for conflict resolution mechanisms for Ethereum blockchain-based smart contracting, may invoke consumer mistrust in the new technology. This can then undermine the evolution of the blockchain-based crypto economy.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Craig Calcaterra, Crypto Transaction Dispute Resolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2992962

**2020**

- [3709041-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3709041-033) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Consumers increasingly favor genetically unmodified organic food from local and sustainable sources, yet the integrity of such products is usually difficult to verify, a verification gap blockchain technology can close.
  > Blockchain technology can help ascertain the integrity of clean food for consumers. Consumers increasingly favor genetically unmodified organic food from local and sustainable sources. Yet, it is usually difficult to verify the integrity of products.
  Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

**2021**

- [3808859-032](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-032) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Growth in connected IoT devices is offset by falling consumer confidence, because the sheer number of devices creates unprecedented cyber security exposure and attacks can be launched by unsophisticated parties at minimal cost with maximal potential damage.
  > The IoT proliferation is offset by diminished consumer confidence. By the year 2020 the majority of experts estimate that a total of 30 to 50 billion devices will connect to the internet.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

## Verify

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