# Decentralized infrastructure `kaal:entity:decentralized-infrastructure` **Status.** derived This node is assembled mechanically from the 8 claims that carry the concept tag `decentralized-infrastructure`. 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 8 claims across 4 works, 2019 to 2021. **2019** - [3441904-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-004) [predictive/argued] -- DAOs are unlikely to disrupt existing corporate structures in the foreseeable future because the blockchain industry is still in its infancy and core decentralized infrastructure elements will remain lacking. > Because the blockchain industry is still in its infancy and core decentralized infrastructure elements will remain lacking for the foreseeable future, DAOs are less likely to disrupt existing corporate structures and the associated governance solutions in the foreseeable future. Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904 - [3441904-026](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-026) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The complex systems that decentralized infrastructure technology will reform are interdependent, so development of the infrastructure elements alone is not enough: structural and cultural changes in legacy systems must be worked through before the technology can be applied. > Even if the decentralized infrastructure elements are being developed in any of the major areas of use cases for blockchain technology, complex discussions around structural and cultural changes in legacy systems are needed before the technology can be applied. Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904 - [3441904-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-027) [condition/argued] -- Reform of agency relationships in decentralized systems is possible only if and when a truly decentralized public blockchain emerges that is scalable and fully secure; without it, information asymmetries, censorship, agent opportunism, and system corruption may persist. > In decentralized systems, reform of the agency relationships is possible if and when a truly decentralized public blockchain emerges that is scalable and fully secure. Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904 **2021** - [3782191-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782191-018) [design/asserted] -- Future decentralized infrastructure products, such as a decentralized verification engine, need to be built to address the inaccuracy of randomly generated information in decentralized systems. > These are exactly the type of shortcomings future decentralized infrastructure products, such as a decentralized verification engine, need to address. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Preface to (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782191 - [3808859-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-031) [condition/asserted] -- Tokenizing an existing real-world asset such as fractional real estate cannot be done without a sufficient depth of decentralized infrastructure solutions. > Tokenization of existing assets, for instance, tokenized real estate is the instantiation of a fractural part of the respective piece of real estate as a whole, requires a certain depth of decentralized infrastructure solutions. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859 - [3808859-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-038) [condition/argued] -- Decentralization requires its own infrastructure; the technologies of the internet era and its progeny alone may not suffice, and fully decentralized technologies require an enhanced decentralized network infrastructure. > Decentralization requires its own infrastructure. The technologies of the internet era and its progeny alone may not suffice. Fully decentralized technologies require an enhanced decentralized network infrastructure. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859 - [3808859-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-040) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Without basic decentralized infrastructure products in place, on-chain governance of blockchains is not possible or is only limitedly possible, and the blockchain ecosystem may not be able to grow without a core decentralized infrastructure such as a functioning public blockchain to build on. > Without such basic infrastructure products, on-chain governance of blockchains may not be or may only limitedly be possible. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859 - [3808873-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808873-040) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Decentralized infrastructure is interdependent across layers, so even a fully developed and instantiated infrastructure product in one area may collapse without supporting decentralized infrastructure products in other, inevitably related areas. > Even a fully developed and instantiated infrastructure product in one area may collapse without the supporting structures build by decentralized infrastructure products in other, yet inevitably related, areas. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873 ## Verify Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. 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