Graph theory question

James A. Donald jamesd at echeque.com
Fri Oct 27 19:41:04 PDT 2017


On 10/28/2017 5:01 AM, George Violaris wrote:
> how would good peers with only two 
> connections be able to gain reputation in such a system?

Nobody gains reputation.   It is intended that identities are valuable, 
and people don't want them blacklisted. Byzantine failure loses reputation.

To get into the system, you have to be accepted by three others, which 
is intended to cost time, thought, effort and money, so that once you 
are in, you don't want to get negative reputation.

Observe how Ebay works.  One negative review is really bad.  No number 
of positive reviews is particularly valuable.


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