# Reputation corruption

`kaal:entity:reputation-corruption`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `reputation-corruption`. 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, 2018 to 2018.

**2018**

- [3125822-002](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3125822-002) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Reputation value in any decentralized reputational system can be corrupted through three channels: direct purchase of reputation, automated worthless work, and degeneration of the system into a majority of inexpert opinions.
  > In any such decentralized reputational system there is always the potential to corrupt the value of reputation by purchasing it directly, or through automated worthless work, or through the degeneration of a majority of inexpert opinions.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vlad Andrei, Blockchain Infrastructure for Measuring Domain Specific Reputation in Autonomous Decentralized and A (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3125822
- [3125822-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3125822-003) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- The problems of corruption, Sybil attacks, and tyranny of the majority have plagued every previous autonomous decentralized reputation platform, so they are the design constraints any new architecture must meet.
  > These are the respective problems of corruption, Sybil attacks, and tyranny of the majority that have plagued all previous autonomous, decentralized reputation platforms.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vlad Andrei, Blockchain Infrastructure for Measuring Domain Specific Reputation in Autonomous Decentralized and A (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3125822

## Verify

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    curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/reputation-corruption.md | sha256sum

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