# kaal:claim:3981021-034

**Claim.** Anonymity increases the value of the reputation token, because as information asymmetries and incomplete information increase, the value of the information that derives from reputation tokens increases.

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

**Holds when.**

- pseudonymous participation in reputation based systems

**Source quote.**

> - Anonymity increases the value of the reputation token. As the information asymmetries and incomplete information increase because of the increasing anonymity, the value of the information that derives from reputation tokens increases.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving* (2021), Governance, Reputation Staking for the Common Good, page 29

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021

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**Topics.** disclosure, reputation, tokenomics

**Keywords.** anonymity, information-asymmetry, reputation-tokens, signaling, policing

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782203-033

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