# Reputation multiplier

`kaal:entity:reputation-multiplier`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 4 claims that carry the concept tag `reputation-multiplier`. 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

4 claims across 2 works, 2021 to 2025.

**2021**

- [3931933-003](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3931933-003) [mechanism/argued] -- Under HSPoS a node's probability of being selected remains driven by its fungible stake, while the size of the block reward it receives is scaled by a non-fungible reputation multiplier derived from the node's reputation.
  > Thus, while the node probability of being selected is based on the fungible stake, the rewards for the block is adjusted by the non-fungible reputation multiplier which is a function of the node's reputation.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933
- [3931933-032](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3931933-032) [mechanism/argued] -- Under HSPoS two nodes holding the same stake retain the same probability of being selected for rewards, but the node with the higher reputation receives the larger reward.
  > In HSPoS, two nodes with the same stake would have the same probability of being selected for the rewards. However, the node with the higher reputation would get higher rewards.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933
- [3931933-034](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3931933-034) [mechanism/argued] -- Because reputation scales the reward, a node with less stake but high reputation may end up with more rewards than a node with more stake but less reputation.
  > Furthermore, a node with less stake but high reputation may end up with more rewards than a node with more stake but less reputation.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3931933

**2025**

- [5225296-002](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5225296-002) [design/asserted] -- Hybrid Secure Proof of Stake bridges PoS and SPoS by separating block consensus from reward distribution: stake continues to determine selection probability while a reputation multiplier adjusts the rewards paid out.
  > HSPoS bridges these frameworks by separating block consensus from reward distribution: stake determines selection probability, consistent with PoS, while a reputation multiplier adjusts rewards, introducing SPoS's reputation-centric features
  Wulf A. Kaal, Cryptographic Foundations and Interdisciplinary Dimensions of the Secure Proof of Stake (SPoS) Conse (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5225296

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