# kaal:claim:3125827-023

**Claim.** The reference system lets each validated new post change the relative value of sem tokens created in the graph of connected earlier posts, so the value of a past contribution depends on how important later users judge it to be. This gives the forum the structure of a weighted directed acyclic citation graph.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- new post is itself validated
- references weighted according to the goals of the particular DAO

**Source quote.**

> Each new post has the opportunity to reference older posts. If the new post is validated, the reference will change the relative value of sem tokens created in the graph of connected posts.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Secure Proof of Stake Protocol* (2018), 3 The Reputation Verification Platform, page 13

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Secure Proof of Stake Protocol (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3125827

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `598d9bd95e4af7a0a35328677c6bfc069f69f2e32c30c720b3a0be98a23a40cb` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202018%20-%20Secure%20Proof%20of%20Stake%20Protocol.pdf

**Topics.** citation-and-knowledge, tokenomics

**Keywords.** wdag, citation-graph, retroactive-rewards, sem-tokens, long-term-policing

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782217-035

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