# kaal:claim:3782214-036

**Claim.** Equal distribution of output, where every member receives an equal share regardless of contribution, is impossible to maintain under current technology in a system with open access and privacy, because sockpuppet accounts would be abused.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- open access membership
- privacy or pseudonymity preserved
- current identity technology

**Source quote.**

> This is impossible to maintain under the current technology with open access and privacy, since sockpuppet accounts would be abused. Improvements in ZK proofs and identity protocols, however, will soon make it possible to efficiently and securely com- bat such sockpuppet attacks.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Governance* (2021), Distributive norms, page 25

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Governance (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782214

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `ba892bb200c1455447c0014f5067a501a93ea9ec413c31942d95952eb3bdfd9d` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Decentralized%20Governance.pdf

**Failure mode.** sockpuppet abuse of equal distribution  (family: sybil-and-identity-attack)

**Topics.** consensus-and-security, citation-and-knowledge

**Keywords.** sockpuppet-attacks, distributive-norms, identity, zero-knowledge-proofs

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