# Internet of things `kaal:entity:internet-of-things` **Status.** derived This node is assembled mechanically from the 6 claims that carry the concept tag `internet-of-things`. 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 6 claims across 5 works, 2018 to 2021. **2018** - [3227933-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-018) [predictive/argued] -- Smart contracts will become more prevalent as the Internet of Things grows, because the more devices are connected to each other, the more smart contracts will be used to execute and enforce legal transactions. > Such smart contracts will become more prevalent in the growing world of the Internet of Things. As more devices are connected to each other, the more "smart contracts" will be used to execute and enforce "legal transactions." Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933 - [3227967-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227967-022) [predictive/argued] -- Smart contract use scales with device connectivity: the more devices are connected to each other, the more smart contracts will be used to execute and enforce legal transactions, and they are already disrupting traditional legal assumptions, doctrines and concepts. > The more devices are connected to each other, the more "smart contracts" will be used to execute and enforce "legal transactions." There is no doubt that smart contracts are already disrupting traditional legal assumptions, doctrines, and concepts. Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in a Digital Age Why 'Coding for Lawyers' Matters (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227967 - [3227967-028](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227967-028) [mechanism/argued] -- As machine to machine interaction becomes normal in an Internet of Things environment, trust ceases to be primarily a legal question and becomes a technical and design problem. > code is also crucial in machine-to-machine (M2M) based transactions. As M2M interaction becomes normal in an Internet of Things environment, the issue of trust becomes a technical and design problem. Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in a Digital Age Why 'Coding for Lawyers' Matters (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227967 - [3266953-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3266953-006) [predictive/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- The centralized version of the internet cannot scale to the thirty to fifty billion connected devices that experts expect by 2020, which is why decentralized authentication solutions for internet of things devices are needed. > By the year 2020 the majority of experts estimates that a total of 30 to 50 billion devices will connect to the internet.8 The prevailing opinion of these researchers suggests that the centralized version of the internet cannot scale to that level. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3266953 **2019** - [3396542-015](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3396542-015) [predictive/asserted] -- The underwriting use case is broader than traditional insurance: almost any blockchain transaction that does not consist purely of an exchange of digital tokens may require or benefit from underwriting. > In fact, almost any transaction on the blockchain that does not involve an exchange of purely digital tokens may require or benefit from underwriting. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vadhindran K. Rao, Decentralized Underwriting (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3396542 **2021** - [3782201-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-003) [mechanism/argued] -- A DAO that is internally well governed by a reputation verification engine lets other entities clone its governance for their own purposes and run with the same governance metrics, so mastery of internal decentralization becomes transplantable infrastructure governance. > DAOs that are internally well-governed by a reputation verification engine allow other IoT infrastructure entities to simply clone the DAO governance for their own purposes and run a DAO with the same gov- ernance metrics. Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201 ## 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/internet-of-things.md | sha256sum **Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.