# kaal:claim:3128900-045

**Claim.** Centralized platforms cannot simply drop identity verification, because they need it to keep malicious actors from abusing the network and to ensure work quality; this is the tradeoff a staking based design is meant to dissolve.

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

**Holds when.**

- centralized micro task platforms

**Source quote.**

> However, centralized micro task platforms need to verify identity to prevent malicious actors from abusing the network and ensure work quality.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation* (2018), 4.4 Worker Anonymity Increases Participation, page 17

**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

**Failure mode.** Identity verification tradeoff  (family: sybil-and-identity-attack)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** identity-verification, malicious-actors, quality-control, tradeoffs

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3266953-029

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