# kaal:claim:3266953-022

**Claim.** Block producers are selected pseudo randomly with weight proportional to their Anchor token holdings, so a participant with more reputation is more likely to be selected to produce a block.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- Semada Core block producer selection

**Source quote.**

> Semada Core (pseudo) randomly selects the block producers weighted by their holdings, meaning if you have more reputation, as evidenced by the Anchor holdings, you are more likely to be selected.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, *Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper* (2018), Selection Procedure for Block Producer in Semada Proof of Reputation, page 15

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3266953

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**Topics.** tokenomics, reputation

**Keywords.** block-producer-selection, anchor-token, weighted-randomness, reputation-staking

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