# Tipping point

`kaal:entity:tipping-point`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `tipping-point`. 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 1 works, 2018 to 2018.

**2018**

- [3227933-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-025) [empirical/evidenced] -- Against the view that blockchain is merely hype, the authors argue that the widespread proliferation of blockchain initiatives, and in particular the fact that so many old world organizations are exploring blockchain and smart contract uses, indicates that adoption is near a tipping point.
  > The fact that so many "old world" organizations are exploring possible uses of blockchains and smart contracts suggests that it not all hype.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933
- [3227933-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-040) [normative/argued] -- The authors argue that the tipping point in experiments with decentralization has already been passed, so rather than affirming the centralized world or remaining trapped between the two realities, it is necessary to become actively involved in developing blockchain and smart contracts.
  > We have already passed the "tipping point" in our experiments with decentralization.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933

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