kaal:claim:3782210-026

Every single reputational implementation the authors have audited in the blockchain DAO space carries the flaw of vulnerability to the sockpuppet attack on the Web of Trust model.

This is the flaw in every single reputational implementation we've audited in the blockchain DAO

Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Reputation for the Evolution of Decentralization (2021), Security, p. 9
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782210 · source PDF

Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, The Importance of Reputation for the Evolution of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782210

• blockchain DAO reputation systems audited by the authors as of writing

empiricalsupport: evidencedfailure: Sockpuppet attack on Web of Trustfamily: sybil-and-identity-attackconsensus-and-securitycompliancedaoblockchainreputation

• extends kaal:claim:3266953-033 Sockpuppet accounts grow their reputation value much faster than honest users can in a Web of Trust, because s...
• supports kaal:claim:3782203-035 A DAO permitting anonymous membership is exposed to a sockpuppet attack in which one account behaves honestly ...
• supports kaal:claim:3266953-028 A Web of Trust reputation system can be gamed with sockpuppet accounts, because an attacker can behave well fo...

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