# kaal:claim:3128900-039

**Claim.** Removing centralized fees produces a more efficient marketplace for workers, verifiers, and requesters alike by eliminating rent seeking intermediaries, leaving gas for posters as the only cost.

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

**Holds when.**

- posters pay gas on the Ethereum blockchain, viewers do not

**Source quote.**

> The lack of fees on the Semada platform creates a more efficient marketplace for workers, verifiers, and requesters alike through the removal of the rent seeking intermediators.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation* (2018), 4.1 No Platform Fees, page 16

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

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**Topics.** decentralization, economics

**Keywords.** platform-fees, disintermediation, market-efficiency, gas-costs

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3406323-013

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