# Edge of network

`kaal:entity:edge-of-network`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `edge-of-network`. 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 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3808859-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-004) [mechanism/argued] -- Fintech is a precursor of decentralization rather than merely a financial innovation, because it pushes information toward the edge of the system and forces disrupted financial conglomerates to serve consumers better.
  > Fintech brings information closer to the edge and serves the consumers, it disrupts centralized structures in finance and forces the disrupted financial conglomerates to serve the consumer better. As such, Fintech epitomizes some of the core principles of decentralization.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859
- [3808859-007](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-007) [mechanism/argued] -- Social media transfers knowledge from the edges of society into the mainstream by letting holders of marginalized views find kindred spirits, form groups, and incrementally grow influence until their perspective becomes mainstream, shifting the balance of power from a few to the masses.
  > Social media allows people who hold otherwise marginalized or underappreciated views to meet kindred spirits online and form groups that promote their shared ideas.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859
- [3808859-016](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-016) [mechanism/argued] -- Diversity of inputs raises the value of network membership: because contributions increasingly come from the edges of the system, they are less homogenous and more diverse, which increases the utility of membership for every node.
  > Because individual inputs come increasingly from the edges of the system, the inputs are less homogenous and more diverse which increases the utility of network membership for each member or node.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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