Mechanism Design for Reputation
How do attestation rules shape honesty? Toggle parameters below and watch how incentive structures shift. Each agent has a hidden true quality — the question is whether the mechanism can surface it.
High true quality
Low true quality
Size = reputation
Mechanism Parameters
1.0x
Population
50%
14
Simulation
Reputation Accuracy Over Time
Without negative weight asymmetry, dishonest agents can maintain high reputation indefinitely.
Graph diversity scoring breaks sybil attacks — colluding clusters get penalized.
Attestation cost creates skin in the game — the mechanism becomes incentive-compatible.