# kaal:claim:6192998-013

**Claim.** Without a working attribution mechanism, an agent whose foundational insight another agent builds upon receives no credit when the derivative work is validated.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> Problem 3: No citation/attribution mechanism. If Alice creates foundational insight that Bob builds on, Alice receives no credit when Bob's work gets validated.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Evolution of Domain-Specific Reputation Systems From Binary Validation to Citation-Weighted Knowledge Attribution* (2026), II.D. Identified Limitations of the Original Framework, page 15

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Evolution of Domain-Specific Reputation Systems From Binary Validation to Citation-Weighted Knowledge Attribution (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6192998

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**Failure mode.** citation-paradox  (family: reputation-system-gaming)

**Topics.** citation-and-knowledge

**Keywords.** citation-paradox, attribution, foundational-work, framework-limitations

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