# DAO Reputation System Challenges

**URL:** <https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/dao-reputation-system-challenges/165>\
**Category:** Research\
**Created:** [August 16, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/dao-reputation-system-challenges/165 "2019-08-16T23:30:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![decentralion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/decentralion/32/7_2.png) [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/dao-reputation-system-challenges/165/2 "2019-08-16T23:51:35Z")

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> [@s\_ben](#):
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> To improve decision quality, many governance systems aim to verify not only that a voter is human, but that they have some trustworthy characteristic.

I see this as a promising jumping-off point. Assuming that cred works well (i.e. its robust to gaming), then “proof-of-contribution” is a sibyl-resistant way to allocate governance power within a community. But it’s a lot more egalitarian/meritocratic than 1-token-1-vote. I’m also reminded of this other post: [SourceCred as Store-of-Community Value (SoCV)](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-as-store-of-community-value-socv/129)

A general question: what’s holding you back from writing the second part of the essay? (The piece that focuses more on SC.) I’d be curious to see a stab at it, even if it’s just a bunch of bullet point exploration of different ideas.

Also, feel free to borrow from / reuse the ideas from my SourceCred + DAOs sketch. It’s not plagarism so long as you leave a cred arrow pointing back. 😉

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