# Onboarding `kaal:entity:onboarding` **Status.** derived This node is assembled mechanically from the 9 claims that carry the concept tag `onboarding`. 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 9 claims across 4 works, 2018 to 2022. **2018** - [3128900-013](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3128900-013) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Signup and approval processes in centralized micro task systems are invasive, privacy challenging, time consuming, and unclear, and they function as market entry barriers for micro task workers. > Finally, micro workers in centralized systems are faced with invasive, privacy challenging, time consuming, and unclear signup and approval processes that create market entry barriers for micro task workers. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900 - [3128900-044](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3128900-044) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Centralized approval processes and identity requirements for worker registration significantly limit the registration of new micro task workers. > According to a study by the World Bank, centralized approval processes and identity requirements for mechanical turk worker registration creates significant limitations for the registration of new workers for micro task platforms. Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900 **2021** - [3931933-010](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3931933-010) [empirical/asserted] -- Detailed and easy to follow operator documentation produced by the early testnet community drove participation up to roughly 950 nodes running on the network, with around 200 nodes rewarded each week. > early testnet community created detailed and very easy-to-follow instructions for the testnet node operators, which resulted in around 950 nodes running on the network and around 200 nodes were rewarded each week. Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933 - [3931933-026](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3931933-026) [design/asserted] -- SDAO membership is gated by a vote combined with evidence of NFT ownership and a posted performance record as a Shasper Network validator. > NFTs owners are onboarded via vote into SDAO. Shasper Testnet validators who, in addition to evidence of the NFT ownership, post evidence of their performance record as Shasper Network validators will be considered as candidates for the SDAO. Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933 - [3981021-014](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-014) [condition/asserted] -- Only applicants who demonstrate both successful fundraising and successful fulfillment of donative intent are eligible for CHARITYxDAO voting associate status. > Only those who demonstrate both 1. Successful fundraising, and 2. Fulfilling the donative intent are eligible for CHARITYxDAO voting associate (VA) status. Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021 - [3981021-017](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-017) [mechanism/argued] -- Forum comments let existing voting associates identify the most competent commenters and invite them to apply for membership by providing work for a grant, creating constant onboarding feedback effects that cannot exist in traditional centralized charitable organizations. > This helps increase the quality of talent that is onboarded into the CHARITYxDAO VA pool and creates constant onboarding feedback effects. Such feedback effects cannot exist in traditional centralized charitable organizations. Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021 - [3981021-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-038) [predictive/speculative] -- Just as centralized institutions rely on the vetting of candidates by other centralized institutions, the CHARITYxDAO may serve as a decentralized oracle for philanthropic endeavors. > Similar to how centralized institutions rely on the vetting of candidates from other centralized institutions, the CHARITYxDAO may serve as a decentralized oracle for philanthropic endeavors. Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021 - [3981021-039](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3981021-039) [design/asserted] -- Under Type 1 onboarding the DAO treasury matches the assets the candidate raised, and the value of those raised assets is used to mint reputation under the DEVxDAO MVPR at a ratio of one thousand dollars per reputation unit. > a. The treasury of the CHARITYxDAO will match the assets the candidate raised b. The value of the assets they raised will be used for the minting of reputation under the DEVxDAO MVPR with a minting ratio of $1000/Rep1 Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Optimize Charitable Giving (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3981021 **2022** - [4015908-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4015908-027) [condition/argued] -- Founders may hold significant influence over DAO votes initially depending on the DAO design, but higher levels of governance decentralization mitigate these centralization effects quickly through the onboarding of new DAO members. > Depending on the DAO design, the founders may have significant influence over the DAO votes initially. However, higher levels of DAO governance decentralization mitigate these centralization effects quickly via the onboarding of new DAO members. Wulf A. Kaal, Fair Token Launch (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4015908 ## Verify Every claim above resolves to a record carrying a verbatim source quote, the sha256 of the source PDF, and a preformatted citation. Nothing here asks to be taken on trust. curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/onboarding.md | sha256sum **Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.