The modern world is represented by computer networks that unite billions of people and devices with a high degree of connectivity, the speed of information transmission and the breadth of its distribution. In these conditions, the age-old problems of democratic governance, public consensus and trust in information and its sources are becoming vital for any communities - both people and distributed computing systems, as well as ecosystems that combine both. Reliability of determining the reputation of participants in systems is the key to the sustainable development of communities and requires new solutions.