# kaal:claim:3125827-025

**Claim.** In SPoS, validators download the most recently upvoted validation algorithm and faithfully running it unedited automatically produces the winning vote, so honest validators are rewarded; this holds on the assumption that users controlling 51% of sem token power act honestly.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- users holding 51% of sem token power act honestly
- honesty defined as running the forum approved algorithm unedited

**Source quote.**

> Faithfully running this algorithm on the block will automatically choose the correct vote to win the validation pool, rewarding honest validators, assuming users with 51% of sem token power act honestly. Honesty is defined as faithfully running the algorithm, unedited.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Secure Proof of Stake Protocol* (2018), 5.2 Block production, page 18

**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.** consensus-and-security

**Keywords.** validation-pool, honesty-definition, block-validation, 51-percent-honest, algorithmic-consensus

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