# kaal:claim:7456999-054

**Claim.** An adaptive adversary could disguise Round 1 coordination by injecting noise and coordinate only in Round 2, and the present mechanism does not prevent that response.

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

**Holds when.**

- the proposed low-dispersion Sybil detector

**Source quote.**

> An adaptive adversary could also inject noise into Round 1 to match the honest dispersion profile and coordinate only in Round 2. Nothing in the present mechanism prevents that response.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Reinforcement Learning from Reputation Feedback* (2026), IV.C Design Objective: Sybil Resistance, page 18

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Reinforcement Learning from Reputation Feedback (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7456999

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `01016fbbcc25cad205cebd59ea686d8dfee8ae9b632095d86ba6c9a900456a4b` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202026%20-%20Reinforcement%20Learning%20from%20Reputation%20Feedback.pdf

**Topics.** consensus-and-security, reputation, risk-and-incentives

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