# Changing the CredSperiment weights

**URL:** <https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/changing-the-credsperiment-weights/540>\
**Category:** The CredSperiment\
**Created:** [December 31, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/changing-the-credsperiment-weights/540 "2019-12-31T01:12:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 2, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/changing-the-credsperiment-weights/540/9 "2020-01-02T21:04:12Z")

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> [@s\_ben](#):
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> Are we going to reinvent reputation systems, solve the open source funding problem _and_ solve decentralized governance?

The core value prop of SourceCred is that it recognizes and rewards contributions. That involves creating a contribution graph that gives contributors reputation that can then be correlated to rewards and potentially governance. Traditionally problems like funding, governance, and reputation are separated and that’s part of the reason why they’re so hard to solve: they’re not actually completely separate things. They all connect to each other. SourceCred acknowledges the interdependence of things and connects them in a way that is incentive aligned for positive sum value creation.

While we’re still in the [CredSperiment](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/about-the-credsperiment/181), however, it’s important that [TBD (Temporary Benevolent Dictator)](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/tbd-temporary-benevolent-dictator/376) helps to direct and organize things.

> [@s\_ben](#):
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> as we start raising capital from other investors, we should be ready for hard questions, negotiation and compromise.

If we choose to deploy a bonding curve to handle our token sales there will be no negotiations, only discussions and presentations to share the value prop of the protocol 🙂

> [@s\_ben](#):
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> So @mzargham built a python implementation early on in [sourcecred/research](https://github.com/sourcecred/research), which he used when exploring designs. However I believe it’s fallen out of sync with the main repo, which has seen big changes.

So cool! I had no idea this was a thing. [Created an Initiative for this](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-python-exploration/557) as part of the [Retroactive Cred Activation](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/retroactive-cred-activation/446).

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