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   "text": "Staking creates disincentives for malicious actors, and it is this disincentive structure that makes the network both more efficient and attack resistant.",
   "abstract": "Semada staking mechanism creates disincentives for malicious actors, enhancing the efficiency of the Semada Network and making it attack resistant.",
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   "text": "Attack resistance should be designed to increase as the platform grows, in contrast to designs like GEMS that detect and ban malicious actors, because a self enforcement mechanism lets the incentive system steer users away from bad actors once the system matures.",
   "abstract": "Unlike GEMS, which bans malicious actors detected through the GEMS trust mechanism from the platform, the Semada platform has a self-enforcement mechanism.",
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   "text": "Centralized platforms cannot simply drop identity verification, because they need it to keep malicious actors from abusing the network and to ensure work quality; this is the tradeoff a staking based design is meant to dissolve.",
   "abstract": "However, centralized micro task platforms need to verify identity to prevent malicious actors from abusing the network and ensure work quality.",
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