# kaal:claim:3782210-026

**Claim.** 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.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

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

**Source quote.**

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

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *The Importance of Reputation for the Evolution of Decentralization* (2021), Security, page 9

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

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**Failure mode.** Sockpuppet attack on Web of Trust  (family: sybil-and-identity-attack)

**Topics.** consensus-and-security, compliance, dao, blockchain, reputation

**Keywords.** sockpuppet-attack, audit, blockchain-dao, reputation-systems

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3266953-033
- supports: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782203-035
- supports: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3266953-028

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