# kaal:claim:7314479-018

**Claim.** A reputation scoring system that does not name its resistance to Sybil creation, collusion, wash interaction, and cross-context reputation laundering has not specified a threat model.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- reputation scoring systems for autonomous components

**Source quote.**

> Sybil creation, collusion, wash interaction, and reputation laundering across contexts are the standard attacks, and a scoring system that does not name its resistance to each of them has not specified a threat model.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes* (2026), V. The Accountability Gap, Stated Precisely, page 10

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7314479

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `debace24a155ae924a155b1fafe98856d98cf83689feff2f87a32f1c06171ce6` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202026%20-%20Institutional%20Requirements%20for%20Sovereign%20Local%20Agent%20Runtimes.pdf

**Topics.** reputation, consensus-and-security, risk-and-incentives

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