# kaal:claim:4957318-031

**Claim.** Validation pools are the consensus mechanism of the proposed system: author stakes are pooled to evaluate specific forum posts, and the outcome can mint new reputation tokens that record the community's consensus on a contribution.

**Type.** design  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- where participants stake reputation on the evaluation of specific posts

**Source quote.**

> Validation Pool (VP) form a crucial mechanism where author stakes are pooled to evaluate specific posts within the forum. The outcome of a VP can lead to the minting of new REP tokens, reflecting the consensus on a given issue or contribution.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance* (2024), Web 3 Remedies, Proposed System, page 31

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, The Future of Law - Dynamic Web3 Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4957318

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

**Keywords.** validation-pools, reputation-staking, rep-tokens, consensus-mechanism, web3-governance

**Related claims.**

- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4941807-030
- specializes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4855607-021
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4855607-001
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4941807-031
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5887242-024

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