# kaal:claim:3782217-028

**Claim.** Reputation in a news DAO must be anchored in fungible currency: new reputation should be minted only when articles connect to profitable endeavors such as advertising, paid analyses, or protocols relied upon for decentralized business contracts.

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

**Holds when.**

- news DAOs building meaningful reputation

**Source quote.**

> articles must have a foun- dational meaning in fungible currency. New reputation should only be minted when the articles are connected to profitable endeavors—advertising, paid analyses, new protocols that are relied upon for decentralized business contracts.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of History In Decentralization* (2021), News and education, page 11

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of History In Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782217

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `358779557d8e7dcd101720ca0fad90b9146d24f1c7c03909eb431fcf1fb7e103` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20The%20Importance%20of%20History%20In%20Decentralization.pdf

**Topics.** reputation, dao

**Keywords.** reputation-design, minting, fungible-anchor, news-dao

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