# Protocol change

`kaal:entity:protocol-change`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `protocol-change`. 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, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782198-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782198-025) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Bitcoin and Ethereum have no formal binding governance framework declaring how consensus protocols may be changed in the future, which the authors identify as a deep flaw that weakens the networks and will lead to instability.
  > In Bitcoin and Ethereum, there is no formal binding governance framework de- claring how the protocols for consensus might be changed in the future. This is a deep flaw which weakens these networks and will lead to instability.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198
- [3931933-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3931933-031) [condition/asserted] -- Changes to the Shasper Network codebase require Shasper Network governance votes.
  > Shasper Network governance votes are required to make changes to the codebase. To further
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933

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