# Use cases

`kaal:entity:use-cases`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 6 claims that carry the concept tag `use-cases`. 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 5 works, 2017 to 2019.

**2017**

- [2998033-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2998033-038) [empirical/evidenced] -- The predominant uses of blockchain technology in the private investment fund industry originate in holding crypto assets of various kinds, which indicates that the technology plays its primary role in front office and investment functions rather than in back office administration.
  > Figures 7 and 8 suggest that the private investment funds industry's predominant uses of blockchain technology originate in holding crypto assets of different kinds. This would suggest that blockchain technology plays a primary role in front office and investment functions.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Innovation for Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2998033

**2018**

- [3249860-014](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3249860-014) [design/asserted] -- The balance between the commercial benefits and use cases attached to a token and the scarcity of its supply is critical in the issuance of a token offering.
  > The balance of commercial benefits of a token offering and associated use cases of the token in combination with supply scarcity is critical in the issuance of a token offering.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Crypto Economics - The Top 100 Token Models Compared (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3249860

**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
- [3396522-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3396522-033) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Decentralization technology is unlikely to proliferate without a core use case beyond store of value; banking, money transmission, and triple entry accounting are natural use cases but fall short of being universal use cases for public blockchains.
  > Moreover, without a core use case, other than the store of value, decentralization technology is less likely to proliferate.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vadhindran K. Rao, Stable Cryptocurrencies (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3396522
- [3406323-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3406323-020) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Without a core use case other than the store of value provided by Bitcoin, decentralization technology is less likely to proliferate; banking, money transmission, and triple entry accounting are natural but insufficient as universal use cases for public blockchains.
  > Without a core use case, other than the store of value (in Bitcoin), decentralization technology is less likely to proliferate.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323
- [3411897-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-025) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Without a core use case beyond Bitcoin's store of value function, decentralization technology is less likely to proliferate.
  > Without a core use case, other than the store of value (in Bitcoin), decentralization technology is less likely to proliferate.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - Past, Present, and Future (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411897

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