# kaal:claim:3266953-034

**Claim.** Semada's voting algorithm is designed so that gaming the system is not economically feasible without contributing genuinely valuable improvements, because value is proven through the fees added to the system and every fee is subject to a fair validation pool.

**Type.** design  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- fees attached to each contribution
- validation pool review of every fee

**Source quote.**

> The voting algorithm of Semada core is designed to combat that very system, so that it is not economically feasible to game the system without adding genuinely valuable improvements, as proven with the fees that are added to the system and the fair validation pool that every fee is subject to.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, *Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper* (2018), Sockpuppet Protocol, page 21

**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.** governance-design, consensus-and-security, risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** voting-algorithm, validation-pool, sybil-resistance, incentive-design

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3125822-014

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