# Kyc

`kaal:entity:kyc`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `kyc`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2021 to 2025.

**2021**

- [3782210-009](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782210-009) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Charging transaction fees or imposing KYC identity protocols does not solve the sockpuppet problem: such defenses push the cost of defending the network onto users, and the defense cost equals what it is worth to break the defense while being multiplied across every transaction with every member.
  > This doesn't help. Such defenses push the cost of defending the network onto the users. The cost to defend it is exactly as much as it is worth to break the defense, except it's multiplied on every transaction with every member in the system.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Reputation for the Evolution of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782210

**2025**

- [5454054-033](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5454054-033) [design/argued] -- AML obligations for LER should be right-sized: zero-knowledge proofs or anonymized attestations should minimize identity collection for non-transferable rewards, with VASP-grade measures applied only where transferability exists.
  > LER should employ ZKPs or anonymized attestations to minimize identity collection for non-transferable rewards, applying VASP-grade measures only where transferability exists, balancing compliance with GDPR privacy obligations.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Liquid Equity Rewards (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5454054

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