# Merit

`kaal:entity:merit`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `merit`. 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

3 claims across 2 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3931933-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3931933-025) [definitional/asserted] -- A voting associate's SDAO reputation score is determined by that associate's merit, level of activity, and engagement in the SDAO.
  > The respective SDAO reputation score of each VA, in turn, is determined by their respective merit, level of activity, and engagement in the SDAO.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933
- [3981021-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-024) [design/asserted] -- Merit in the CHARITYxDAO is expressed by a non fungible reputation token that cannot be bought or sold, and voting is designed around staking those non fungible reputation tokens.
  > c. decisions in the CHARITYxDAO are made with a voting design that revolves around staking of non-fungible reputation tokens; d. non-fungibility of CHARITYxDAO reputation tokens; e.g. merit of a CHARITYxDAO VA is expressed by a non-fungible reputation token that cannot be bought or sold;
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021
- [3981021-029](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-029) [mechanism/argued] -- Reputation staking avoids the corruptive effects of fungible token staking because non fungible reputation has to be built organically through merit and time, needs to be earned, and cannot be bought.
  > Second, the reputation staking design avoid the corruptive effects of fungible token staking because non-fungible reputation has to be built organically through merit and time, it needs to be earned and cannot be bought.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021

## Verify

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