# Donation tracking

`kaal:entity:donation-tracking`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `donation-tracking`. 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, 2020 to 2021.

**2020**

- [3709041-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3709041-038) [mechanism/argued] -- The transparency that blockchain offers can address the public's diminishing trust in traditional charities, because blockchain based giving allows donations to be tracked to their destination, kept anonymous or named, and freed of administrative cost or fee.
  > The transparency blockchain technology offers can help address the public's diminishing trust in traditional charities.
  Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

**2021**

- [3981021-011](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-011) [mechanism/evidenced] -- Distributed ledger technologies are particularly capable of increasing trust among charitable organizations, sponsors, and beneficiaries, because the technology enables real time tracking of the donation supply chain.
  > Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) are particularly capable of increasing trust between charitable organizations, sponsors, and beneficiaries. The technology enables real-time tracking of the donation supply chain.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021

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