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   "text": "Regulators too often define success negatively, as the avoidance of catastrophe, which makes regulatory experimentation unattractive to them.",
   "abstract": "Too often, regulators define \"success\" in negative terms, as in the avoidance of catastrophe.",
   "citation": "Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Regulation Tomorrow What Happens When Technology Is Faster Than the Law (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2834531",
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   "text": "Incomplete transparency is deliberately required in phase 2, where the interface discloses only reputation staking outcomes and not the deliberation, so that the DAOIC can experiment with policy adjustments without fear of public market impact.",
   "abstract": "This incomplete transparency is needed during phase 2 to ensure the DAOIC can experiment with policy adjustments without fear of public market impact.",
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   "text": "Experimental rules impose a cost on the regulated: because the rules are temporary and subject to change, they complicate compliance efforts, disrupt long term planning, and create ambiguity that can produce resistance or unintended non compliance.",
   "abstract": "This uncertainty can complicate compliance efforts, disrupt long-term planning, and create ambiguities regarding the rules that need to be followed, potentially leading to resistance or unintended non-compliance among affected parties.",
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