# kaal:claim:3782220-026

**Claim.** Governance design choices must be matched to the network's values, because otherwise the reward structure will dictate the true goals and thereby determine what the network actually values.

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

**Holds when.**

- networks with explicit governance and reward structures

**Source quote.**

> you need to match your governance design choices to your values, or else the reward structure will dic- tate the true goals, which will determine what the network ultimately values.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization* (2021), Integrating polar values, page 8

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Transcendental Unifying Values for Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782220

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**Topics.** governance-design, risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** governance-design, incentive-design, values, goal-displacement

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782214-035

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