# kaal:claim:3652481-037

**Claim.** The reputation based DevDAO governance design creates a positive sum game, because members have incentives to build lasting non fungible value through a long term record of productive cooperation that improves the DevDAO itself.

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

**Holds when.**

- reputation is non fungible and publicly reviewable

**Source quote.**

> By contrast, the reputation- based DevDAO governance design creates a positive-sum game because DevDAO members have incentives to create lasting non- fungible value for the DevDAO by developing a long-term non- fungible record of productive cooperation that in effect improves the DevDAO.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design* (2020), IV.2.f DevDAO, page 60

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations – Internal Governance and External Legal Design (2020). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3652481

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**Topics.** reputation

**Keywords.** positive-sum, reputation, cooperation, devdao

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3799320-032
- specializes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-043

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