# kaal:claim:3782210-014

**Claim.** Reputation must be staked and risked on votes over work evidence, because otherwise the system suffers the Tragedy of the Commons nothing-at-stake problem; staking ensures every expert is motivated to police every reputation-staked action in order to protect the value of their own investment.

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

**Holds when.**

- validation pool voting on work evidence

**Source quote.**

> To avoid the Tragedy of the Commons (the nothing-at- stake problem, "skin in the game"), reputation must be staked and risked with votes on work evidence. This ensures all experts are motivated to police every reputation- staked action, to protect the value of their investment.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Reputation for the Evolution of Decentralization* (2021), Inductive argument for reputation architecture, page 5

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Reputation for the Evolution of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782210

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** staking, nothing-at-stake, tragedy-of-the-commons, self-policing

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3125827-006
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3125822-013

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