# Storage

`kaal:entity:storage`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `storage`. 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**

- [3782198-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782198-022) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Existing decentralized filesharing networks cannot guarantee the availability of unpopular files such as personal files, whereas centralized cloud services guarantee availability for a fee.
  > One problem with most existing decentralized filesharing networks is that unpop- ular files (such as your personal files) are not guaranteed to be available, unlike cen- tralized cloud computing services which guarantee availability for a fee.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198
- [3782216-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782216-003) [mechanism/argued] -- Blockchain transactions will always be expensive compared with other peer to peer transactions, because blockchain data must be stored eternally and redundantly on as many machines as possible to support decentralization.
  > Blockchain transactions will always be expensive compared with other P9P trans- actions. Blockchain transactions are required to be stored eternally and redundantly on as many machines as possible to aid decentralization.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782216

## Verify

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

**Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.