# Leaching parameter

`kaal:entity:leaching-parameter`

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## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2026 to 2026.

**2026**

- [6269518-011](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6269518-011) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The citation-weighted payment mechanism in multi-agent settings effectively operates with an implicit leaching parameter of one, since every unit of citation-weighted value conferred on another agent is a unit lost to the citing agent, which is a maximally punitive setting.
  > The citation-weighted payment mechanism in multi-agent settings effectively operates with an implicit q4 = 1: every unit of citation-weighted value conferred on another agent is a unit lost to the citing agent. This is a maximally punitive leaching parameter,
  Wulf A. Kaal, Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6269518
- [6269518-012](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6269518-012) [normative/argued] -- Leaching parameters can and should be calibrated to balance competing incentives, rewarding honest attribution while retaining enough skin in the game to deter frivolous or strategic references.
  > The insight from the WDAG framework is that leaching parameters can and should be calibrated to balance competing incentives. Thus, rewarding honest attribution while maintaining sufficient skin-in-the-game to prevent frivolous or strategic references.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6269518

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