# kaal:claim:3799320-040

**Claim.** Weighted keys are preferable to NFTs for reputation accounting because the smart contract itself holds the weights and each smart contract may require a different weight for the same key.

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

**Holds when.**

- third generation blockchains that provide weighted keys
- the same key used across multiple DAO smart contracts

**Source quote.**

> Weighted keys are preferable to NFTs because the smart contract itself holds the weights and each smart contract may require a different weight for a given key

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs* (2021), Weighted Keys Accounting, page 24

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) of DAOs (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3799320

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**Topics.** reputation, smart-contracts

**Keywords.** weighted-keys, nfts, reputation-accounting, smart-contracts

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