# kaal:claim:3125822-037

**Claim.** Because absolute certainty is unavailable, the architecture substitutes a calculable probability of confidence built on verified reputation, which is enough for business to proceed even though no provably certain algorithm exists.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies where an impossibility result rules out guaranteed fair exchange

**Source quote.**

> the architecture provides a means for developing a platform which can give users confidence that business can proceed through a system of verified reputation. This gives a calculable probability of confidence, even if no provably certain algorithm exists.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vlad Andrei, *Blockchain Infrastructure for Measuring Domain Specific Reputation in Autonomous Decentralized and A* (2018), 7.4.3 Example: Machine arbiters, page 36

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vlad Andrei, Blockchain Infrastructure for Measuring Domain Specific Reputation in Autonomous Decentralized and A (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3125822

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**Topics.** reputation, defi

**Keywords.** probabilistic-confidence, verified-reputation, machine-arbiter, fair-exchange

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