# Decentralized networks

`kaal:entity:decentralized-networks`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 4 claims that carry the concept tag `decentralized-networks`. 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

4 claims across 3 works, 2019 to 2024.

**2019**

- [3373393-017](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3373393-017) [design/argued] -- Supervisory tasks traditionally performed by principals to control their agents can be delegated to decentralized computer networks that are reliable, secure, immutable, and independent of fallible human input and discretionary human goodwill.
  > Supervisory tasks that were traditionally performed by principals to control their agents can be delegated to decentralized computer networks that are highly reliable, secure, immutable, and independent of fallible human input and discretionary human goodwill.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Solutions for Agency Problems in Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3373393

**2021**

- [3808859-036](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-036) [mechanism/argued] -- Cloud computing is the enabling substrate for decentralized solutions rather than their competitor, because it has already established that applications can talk to each other, an integration that decentralized networks will extend.
  > Cloud computing enables future decentralized solutions because it already allows applications to talk to each other.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859
- [3808859-037](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-037) [predictive/argued] -- Future peer-to-peer networks will thrive on dissimilarity rather than redundancy: nodes contributing dissimilar resources and capabilities let the network perform tasks no individual peer could perform, and making those capabilities available to all nodes attracts further nodes.
  > future peer-to-peer computing networks will thrive by adding nodes to the network that contribute dissimilar resources and capabilities to the decentralized community of nodes.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

**2024**

- [4900880-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4900880-006) [condition/argued] -- Trust and security in digital financial systems and decentralized networks cannot survive the arrival of quantum computing without quantum resistant cryptographic protocols, making the shift to quantum safe cryptography a precondition for the quantum economy rather than an optional upgrade.
  > This development necessitates the creation of quantum-resistant cryptographic protocols to secure transactions and data in the quantum economy. The shift towards quantum-safe cryptography will be critical to maintaining trust and security in digital financial systems and decentralized networks.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Quantum Economy and the Future of Work (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4900880

## Verify

Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. Nothing here asks to be taken on trust.

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

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