# Sham expertise tag

`kaal:entity:sham-expertise-tag`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `sham-expertise-tag`. 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**

- [3125822-039](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3125822-039) [failure/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- The authors state plainly that in an open, decentralized and anonymous environment they provide no mechanism to stop the formation of sham expertise tags that copy a successful tag's record under a new name.
  > In the open, decentralized, anonymous environment of the platoform, we provide no mechanism to stop the formation of such sham expertise tags.
  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
- [3125822-040](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3125822-040) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Faking a reputable expertise tag is nearly costless: a successful tag's open record can be copied and reposted under a new name for the price of the anti denial of service fees, and the capital used to mimic fees paid into the sham tag is mostly recovered by the sham owners through the salaries they control.
  > easily be copied and reposted under a new tag name for the low cost of the anti-DoS fees. The capital used to mimic fees paid to the sham expertise tag is mostly recovered by the sham owners through the salaries they control.
  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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