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Expand Up @@ -132,7 +132,24 @@ \subsection{Dissolving the Golem Value}
\end{equation}

Important note here is that both $\sum_{a \in all\_agreements}(V_{PL}(a)- V_{RG}(a))$ and $\sum_{a \in all\_agreements}(V_{RL}(a)- V_{PG}(a))$ are positive:
when someone breaks the agreement, the harm done to the victim is usually greater then the offenders gain\footnote{TODO: examples/proof/justification?}.
when someone breaks the agreement, the harm done to the victim is usually greater then the offenders gain\footnote{
Two different justifications behind this statement:
\begin{itemize}
\item From the requestor victim POV: the rented computer power is only a component in something bigger the requestor tries to build.
When they don't get this component, the total loss is the value of this bigger thing that is not working.

Imagine e.g. a factory. When cut off the electricity, the factory owner loses all the goods factory would have produced, and their value
is much higher than the value of the electricity (e.g. because it must be enough to cover all the other non-electricity costs).

Or a more Golem-like example: imagine an online shop with an Amazon-based database. If the database goes offline the total loss is all the
sales that could have taken place while the shop was not working.
\item From the provider victim POV: people tend to have a strong loss aversion
(\href{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss\_aversion}{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss\_aversion}).
The loss perceived by the provider when losing $X$ money will be on average more than the gain perceived by the requestor who saved $X$.
\end{itemize}
}. Also the agreements on the "untrusted" market tend to have a lower $V_N$\footnote{
When an agent expects they might be cheated, they might implement some precautions/safeguards. They cost additional money that are spent even when
trading with an honest agent, and thus lower the agreement value.}.
Let's thus define one more symbol:
\begin{itemize}
\item $V_L(a) = (V_{PL}(a)- V_{RG}(a)) + (V_{RL}(a)- V_{PG}(a))$ - the total value lost because of agents breaking the terms of agreement $a$.
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