# kaal:claim:7314479-021

**Claim.** A system that permits standing to open a door converts a performance signal into a security credential, raising the benefit of manipulating the signal without raising its cost.

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

**Holds when.**

- reputation systems attached to authorization

**Source quote.**

> A system that permits standing to open a door has converted a performance signal into a security credential, and every incentive to manipulate the signal now carries the payoff of privilege escalation. Reputation systems are robust when the cost of manipulation exceeds its benefit. Attaching authorization to reputation raises the benefit without raising the cost.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes* (2026), VI. Six Institutional Requirements, Requirement 1, page 11

**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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