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However, malicious vehicles\u2014those that intentionally communicate false information\u2014have the capacity to adversely influence other vehicles in the network. This paper presents and evaluates a reputation management system, capable of identifying malicious actors, to mitigate their effects on the vehicle network. The viability of multiple report weighting schemes to calculate reputation is evaluated through a simulation, and a blockchain-based backend for the reputation management system to securely maintain and communicate reputation data is proposed. Storage and computational challenges are considered. 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