# kaal:claim:3782203-038

**Claim.** The value of reputation is directly related to how well punishment can be distributed in response to cheating, so a more transparent system produces more accurate and efficient policing and therefore more valuable reputation.

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

**Holds when.**

- systems with reputation based punishment

**Source quote.**

> Another motivation for transparency is that the value of reputation is directly re- lated to how well punishment can be distributed in response to cheating. The more transparent the system, the more accurate and efficient policing can be.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *A Technical Perspective on Decentralization* (2021), Application to reputation tokens, page 21

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, A Technical Perspective on Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782203

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `ab8a22d0dbb026a09212a4c85963f3c05787cf80775e8613ae3724e3883e7a56` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20A%20Technical%20Perspective%20on%20Decentralization.pdf

**Topics.** disclosure, reputation

**Keywords.** transparency, reputation-value, policing, punishment

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-035

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