# Preconditions

`kaal:entity:preconditions`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 6 claims that carry the concept tag `preconditions`. 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 6 works, 2020 to 2023.

**2020**

- [3709041-041](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3709041-041) [condition/argued] -- The long-term benefit of blockchain technology for the common good of humanity depends on decentralized infrastructure development; blockchain for good projects can only realize their potential as that underlying infrastructure emerges.
  > The long-term benefit of blockchain technology for the common good of humanity depends on decentralized infrastructure development.
  Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

**2021**

- [3782191-015](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782191-015) [condition/argued] -- Technology-driven decentralized systems depend on existing infrastructure and follow existing natural network patterns, just as predator populations could not evolve without prey.
  > Technology-driven decentralized systems depend on an ex- isting infrastructure.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Preface to (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782191
- [3782201-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-031) [condition/argued] -- Centralized company formation is supported by an enormous infrastructure amounting to all of civilization, so the entire environment of the decentralized economy must be built before it can support its first truly successful DAO.
  > The entire environment of the decentral- ized economy needs to be built before it can support its first truly successful DAO.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201
- [3782205-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782205-022) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Without a secure and meaningful reputation system, none of the other aspects of the decentralized economy will be effective, which makes reputation a precondition for the rest.
  > Without building a secure and meaningful reputational system, none of the other aspects of the decen- tralized economy will be effective.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Eight Institutions for the Evolution of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782205
- [3949098-009](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3949098-009) [condition/asserted] -- The liquidity benefits of reputation underwriting can only materialize if the underlying reputation is meaningful and secure.
  > Again, the benefits for liquidity can only materialize if reputation is meaningful and secure.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Reputation as Capital – How DAOs Upgrade Finance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3949098

**2023**

- [4529715-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4529715-024) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The full potential of DAOs can be realized only if the challenges of standardized governance mechanisms, scalability, and legal frameworks are resolved.
  > However, the full potential of DAOs can only be realized through the resolution of challenges such as standardized governance mechanisms, scalability, and legal frameworks.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715

## Verify

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    curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/preconditions.md | sha256sum

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