# Platform centralization

`kaal:entity:platform-centralization`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `platform-centralization`. 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**

- [3931933-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3931933-006) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Platform centralization is especially damaging in developer communities because developers are the channel through which information from the edges of the system and society enters, and through which consensus on emerging technologies is formed.
  > Platform centralization is particularly detrimental in the developer community because it is the developer community that brings information in from the edges of the system/society and helps form a consensus on emerging technologies for society.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933
- [3931933-007](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3931933-007) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The lack of developer liberalization carries negative societal consequences: when developers are restrained from building what they see as cutting edge and socially beneficial, society's own capacity to experiment with new technology is severely hampered.
  > The lack of developer liberalization has negative societal ramifications. If the developer community is restrained from building technology it sees as cutting edge and beneficial for society, societies' ability to experiment with such new technology solutions is severely hampered.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933
- [3931933-030](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3931933-030) [mechanism/argued] -- Peer governance substitutes for platform gatekeeping: rather than convincing legacy technology leaders and their platforms, developer teams engage their own peers in the Shasper DAO to discuss and vote on proposed upgrades and testnet projects.
  > Rather than convincing legacy technology leaders and their respective platforms, teams of developers can engage directly with their own peers in the Shasper DAO to discuss and vote on proposed technology upgrades and Shasper testnet projects.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933

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