# kaal:claim:3406323-036

**Claim.** Decentralized reputation verification is the backstop for smart contracting: it makes mathematically rigid smart contracts more adjustable for business needs and validates smart contract templates, which raises counterparty trust and removes the need for costly back-testing.

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

**Holds when.**

- decentralized smart contract based commerce
- the code is law standard is retained

**Source quote.**

> Decentralized reputation verification systems enable mathematically rigid smart contracts to become more adjustable for the needs of business. Reputation verification becomes the backstop for smart contracting.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy* (2019), VI. Evolution, page 17

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - A Primer on the New Economy (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3406323

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**Topics.** reputation, smart-contracts

**Keywords.** reputation-verification, smart-contracts, trust, contract-templates

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- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3405401-030

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