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   "text": "In the weighted directed acyclic graph precedent system, more reputation weight and salary flow to forum posts that other posts continuously reference, and as a precedent dissipates over time new precedent emerges naturally to replace the older one.",
   "abstract": "more reputation weight and salaries are allocated to posts on the Semada Forum that get continuously referenced by other posts. As a precedent dissipates over time, new precedence in the Semada Forum emerge naturally to replace older precedent.",
   "citation": "Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Gopinath Sivalingam, Reputation Protocol for the Internet of Trust - Conceptual Whitepaper (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3266953",
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   "text": "A decentralized on chain precedent system makes reputation based DAO governance dynamic: a post or template that is increasingly referenced gains non fungible reputation weight and associated fungible salaries, while unused precedent dissipates over time.",
   "abstract": "As a post/template on the blockchain gets increasingly referenced by the DAO members and other users, it increases in non-fungible reputation weight and associated fungible salaries.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904",
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   "text": "Because a series of smart contracts grants DAO token holders voting rights, those smart contracts take the place of articles of association or bylaws and of the entire precedent system that a jurisdiction based legal structure would otherwise supply by default.",
   "abstract": "Because a series of smart contracts grants DAO token holders voting rights, the blockchain-based smart contracts imitates the role of articles of association or bylaws and the entirety of a precedent system that would otherwise be provided by default in a jurisdiction-based legal structure.",
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   "text": "Treating each AI model as a post within the WDAG framework lets stakeholders build a comprehensive and visually intuitive map of how well that model aligns with the governance frameworks it is required to meet.",
   "abstract": "By treating each AI model as a post within a WDAG framework, stakeholders can create a comprehensive, visually intuitive map of how well the AI aligns with required governance frameworks.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, AI Governance Via Web3 Reputation System (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4941807",
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