# Project failure

`kaal:entity:project-failure`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `project-failure`. 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

2 claims across 2 works, 2019 to 2021.

**2019**

- [3396522-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3396522-003) [normative/asserted] -- Significant failure of decentralization projects is not merely tolerable but necessary and useful, because failures are how appropriate use cases get explored during the immature phase of the technology.
  > Significant decentralization project failures are necessary and useful while appropriate use cases are being explored .
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vadhindran K. Rao, Stable Cryptocurrencies (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3396522

**2021**

- [3808859-019](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-019) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The dominant failure of the open source model is that most projects never reach critical mass; only a small elite of projects attracts enough developers who believe in the vision, and the majority simply cannot.
  > Perhaps most significantly, most open source projects cannot reach critical mass to further their development agenda. Only a small number of elite open source projects can attract developer contributions.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

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