# kaal:claim:3782210-016

**Claim.** Newly minted reputation tokens should enter the system neutral, staked half in favor and half against the post that generated the fee, so that existing token holders can judge the action fairly and are not swayed by an unbalanced validation pool created by a large new fee.

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

**Holds when.**

- validation pools triggered by fee-generating work

**Source quote.**

> For security, when a reputation token enters the system, it should be neutral, so that one faction is not favored over another. Validation pools should begin fairly. Newly minted reputation tokens should be staked half in favor, half against.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Reputation for the Evolution of Decentralization* (2021), Inductive argument for reputation architecture, page 6

**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.** tokenomics, consensus-and-security

**Keywords.** validation-pool, fairness, token-minting, security

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3125822-005
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3266953-025

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