# kaal:claim:3782210-030

**Claim.** Fair accounting and transparency in reputation promote decentralization, because customers who can reliably compare reputation harness the available talent rather than waiting for the most talented provider to become free, which keeps reputation differences from accumulating.

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

**Holds when.**

- customers can observe and compare member reputations

**Source quote.**

> Fair accounting and transparency in reputation promotes decentralization. When customers can reliably compare reputation, they are able to harness the available tal- ent, instead of waiting for the most talented to become available.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Reputation for the Evolution of Decentralization* (2021), Security, page 10

**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.** disclosure, decentralization, reputation

**Keywords.** transparency, decentralization, talent-allocation, reputation

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