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Proof of personhood projects such as Proof of Humanity and UBI DAO fail because they rest on web-of-trust theory, which has been proven not to work long-term given the sockpuppet attacks that are inevitable in that design.

Of course, these attempts are all falling victim to web-of-trust theory that has been proven to not work long-term because the sockpuppet attacks that are inevitable in this design.

Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Fallacies (2022), III.3 Use #3: Micro-Democracy, p. 15
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Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Fallacies (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4067783

• identity systems built on web-of-trust vouching

failuresupport: arguedfailure: Sockpuppet attack on web-of-trust vouchingfamily: sybil-and-identity-attackreputationconsensus-and-security

• specializes kaal:claim:3266953-028 A Web of Trust reputation system can be gamed with sockpuppet accounts, because an attacker can behave well fo...
• contested_by kaal:claim:5886442-033 Network congestion externalities and Sybil attack vulnerabilities require the deliberate reintroduction of mic...

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