# kaal:claim:4855607-021

**Claim.** Validation pools evaluate contributions democratically on the basis of staked tokens, and the outcome of that evaluation governs the minting of new reputation tokens, so community consensus on AI decisions is what determines standing in the system.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- the proposed web3 community governance architecture

**Source quote.**

> Validation Pools allow for the democratic evaluation of contributions based on staked tokens, with outcomes influencing the minting of new REP tokens that reflect community consensus on AI-related decisions.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How AI Models are Optimized Through Web3 Governance* (2024), Proposed System: Foundations, page 33

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, How AI Models are Optimized Through Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4855607

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `eb0b3e62374b45a8fa888c6bde9725e606bcb46cf4b5e74a6e851d9f25099113` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202024%20-%20How%20AI%20Models%20are%20Optimized%20Through%20Web3%20Governance.pdf

**Topics.** reputation, tokenomics, consensus-and-security, governance-design

**Keywords.** validation-pools, reputation-tokens, staking, consensus, governance-mechanism

**Related claims.**

- generalizes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4957318-031
- generalizes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4941807-030
- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5245185-036

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