# kaal:claim:3931933-035

**Claim.** By balancing validator stakes against reputation, HSPoS reaches an equilibrium of incentives in which validators are motivated both to succeed economically as validators and to participate actively in decentralized governance.

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

**Holds when.**

- validators holding both SHAS stake and SDAO reputation

**Source quote.**

> Through this balancing of validator SHAS stakes and reputation, HSPoS attains an equilibrium of incentives for validators to: a. attain economic success as validators, and

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake* (2021), Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (HSPoS), page 10

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `55a71cdfceb96fadefba1f2fed9563b588825378c91aff644ee7faaccdf31204` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Hybrid%20Secure%20Proof%20of%20Stake.pdf

**Topics.** economics, risk-and-incentives, decentralization, governance-design, consensus-and-security, reputation

**Keywords.** hspos, incentive-equilibrium, decentralized-governance, validator-incentives, reputation-staking

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6192998-029

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