# kaal:claim:3128900-029

**Claim.** Sharing all work fees with the expertise creates a positive feedback loop: the more fees flow to the platform, the more reputation is worth, and the more workers prefer reputation tokens to one time fees.

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

**Holds when.**

- protocol enforces that users seeking validation send all work fees to the platform

**Source quote.**

> Choosing to enforce a protocol where all fees are shared with the expertise creates a successful positive feedback loop: The more fees are sent to the platform, the more the reputation is worth; which means the reputation tokens will be more desirable to workers than one-time fees.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation* (2018), 3.4 Payment System, page 13

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `381d72e85d976e2af852e8ec3bba87bc6a05ccb3349a2c3dd6f9e64de96ab4b0` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202018%20-%20Decentralized%20Mechanical%20Turk%20Through%20Verified%20Reputation.pdf

**Topics.** tokenomics, risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** fee-sharing, positive-feedback-loop, token-value, incentive-design

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