# Proof gap

`kaal:entity:proof-gap`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `proof-gap`. 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 1 works, 2026 to 2026.

**2026**

- [6269518-013](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6269518-013) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Existing proofs that validators have a truth-telling equilibrium for quality ranking do not establish that job-performing agents have incentive-compatible strategies for honest citation, because these are distinct strategic actors facing distinct choices within distinct mechanism structures; conflating them is a genuine error.
  > It does not establish that job-performing agents have incentive-compatible strategies for honest citation. These are distinct strategic actors facing distinct strategic choices within distinct mechanism structures. Conflating the two is a genuine error.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6269518
- [6269518-014](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6269518-014) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The existing citation-weighted framework provides no mechanism for verifying citation accuracy, no separate incentive for honest attribution, and no penalty for strategic under-citation, so the gap is a structural absence in the mechanism design rather than an oversight in presentation.
  > This gap is not merely an oversight in presentation. It reflects a structural absence in the mechanism design. The existing framework provides no mechanism for verifying citation accuracy, no separate incentive for honest attribution, and no penalty for strategic under-citation.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Citation Honesty Mechanisms in Weighted Directed Acyclic Graph Governance (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6269518

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