# Foundation model

`kaal:entity:foundation-model`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `foundation-model`. 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 1 works, 2022 to 2022.

**2022**

- [4015908-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4015908-003) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- The foundation model for token issuance is a core form of centralized top-down governance, and most ICO projects were governed by a small group of individuals rather than by the community at large or a DAO.
  > The foundation model for token issuance is a core form of centralized top-down governance in the context of token offerings.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Fair Token Launch (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4015908
- [4015908-023](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4015908-023) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- If the DAO governing a fair launch is controlled by a handful of people in a foundation setting, decentralized governance metrics are less likely to take hold and the public is correspondingly less likely to benefit from decentralized community governance over the launch.
  > controlled by a handful of people in a foundation setting, it is less likely that decentralized governance metrics take hold in the DAO. Accordingly, it is less likely that the public can benefit from the decentralized community governance over the fair launch.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Fair Token Launch (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4015908

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