# Incumbent capture

`kaal:entity:incumbent-capture`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `incumbent-capture`. 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 3 works, 2018 to 2025.

**2018**

- [3125827-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3125827-033) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- If the bench institutes protocols for rejecting applicants through the validation pool, it gains both the incentive and the opportunity to block all new users entirely, so that existing bench members keep sharing all the fees among themselves.
  > Unfortunately this gives the incentive and opportunity for existing experts to completely block all new users, so the existing bench members share all the fees.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Secure Proof of Stake Protocol (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3125827

**2021**

- [3808859-029](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-029) [predictive/argued] *(failure mode)* -- DeFi's disruptive potential may be blunted by incumbents: existing financial institutions can adopt decentralized technologies inside a controlled environment, capturing benefits such as transparency and interoperability while preserving centralized oversight.
  > The disruption through DeFi may be mitigated by existing financial institutions' attempts to leverage decentralized technologies in a controlled environment that allows the utilization of its benefits, such as transparency and interoperability, while also facilitating centralized oversight.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

**2025**

- [5887242-004](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5887242-004) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Private codifications such as the Uniform Commercial Code and INCOTERMS remain static texts that can be amended only through protracted, committee-driven processes, and those processes inevitably favor incumbents and territorial interests.
  > Private codifications, from the Uniform Commercial Code to INCOTERMS, remain static texts amended only through protracted, committee-driven processes that inevitably favor incumbents and territorial interests.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The UDLC DAO Operationalizing a Continuously Evolving Universal Digital Law Codex Through Weighted (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5887242

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