Rating Phase

After the editing phase has ended, the voting phase begins. Each joined participant has the same number of initial vote tokens $T_{\text{vote},0}$ which she/he can use to support or oppose arguments.

Depending on the voters preference strength $P$, he can put different weight $W$ to her/his vote by spending more vote tokens

$$W(P)= C(P),$$

with $C$ being the quadratic cost function The cost of the vote $C$ scales quadratically with the preference strength

$$C(P) = P^2 \cdot T_\text{vote}$$

For example, to double her/his vote weight from $W=1$ to $W=2$, the voter must spend $C(2)=4\,T_\text{vote}$ tokens.