# kaal:claim:3125822-043

**Claim.** As the system matures the power of experienced experts far outstrips that of new experts, which creates an entry problem in a platform where adjudicating disputes requires staking reputation one does not yet have.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- mature expertise tags
- systems that require staking reputation to participate

**Source quote.**

> Secondly, as the system reaches a semblance of maturity, the power of experienced experts will far outstrip that of new experts.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vlad Andrei, *Blockchain Infrastructure for Measuring Domain Specific Reputation in Autonomous Decentralized and A* (2018), 8.2 Accumulation of reputational power, page 38

**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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**Failure mode.** newcomer entry barrier  (family: cold-start-and-bootstrapping)

**Topics.** reputation

**Keywords.** entry-barrier, reputation-accumulation, new-experts, staking

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