The original headline is: "ENS Shows Why Reputation Systems Are Harder Than Scores"

Short summary

Building a developer reputation system in Web3 is harder than assigning a score because identity is unstable: wallets rotate, ENS records change, and teams share accounts. The article argues reputation should be modeled as a graph of verifiable claims with provenance, timestamps, and confidence levels rather than a single badge. ENS provides a human-readable anchor but should be treated as evidence, not proof, with scoring layers that expose uncertainty and explain why scores change.

• •Reputation systems fail when they flatten identity to a single number without provenance or temporal context
• •ENS names offer a useful anchor but must be treated as evidence, not proof, since wallet-to-identity mappings change over time
• •Better approach: model reputation as a graph of claims with timestamps, confidence levels, and dispute handling rather than a profile badge

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