# kaal:claim:5225296-032

**Claim.** Weighted voting creates a Nash equilibrium favoring honest participation, because creating additional Sybil identities yields no extra voting power absent corresponding contributions.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- constrained by cryptographic and temporal verification mechanisms

**Source quote.**

> Game-theoretic analysis indicates that this creates a Nash equilibrium where honest participation is incentivized, as creating Sybil identities yields no additional voting power without corresponding contributions

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Cryptographic Foundations and Interdisciplinary Dimensions of the Secure Proof of Stake (SPoS) Conse* (2025), Weighted Voting as a Sybil Attack Defense

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Cryptographic Foundations and Interdisciplinary Dimensions of the Secure Proof of Stake (SPoS) Conse (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5225296

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**Topics.** governance-design, economics, consensus-and-security

**Keywords.** weighted-voting, nash-equilibrium, sybil-defense, game-theory

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/6192998-030

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