# Sock puppet attack

`kaal:entity:sock-puppet-attack`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `sock-puppet-attack`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2023 to 2024.

**2023**

- [4529715-036](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4529715-036) [mechanism/evidenced] -- Requiring governance tokens to be earned through contribution rather than purchased, as GDN DAO does, leaves only minimal risk of 51 percent and sock puppet attacks even under a one token one vote structure.
  > While the voting structure of the DAO is a 1 token = 1 vote, tokens are not available for purchase. All governance tokens must be earned through contributions to the community.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715

**2024**

- [5254152-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5254152-027) [failure/evidenced] *(failure mode)* -- Requiring users to purchase governance tokens in order to vote both centralizes power in majority token holders and leaves the DAO highly vulnerable to 51 percent and sock puppet attacks, as illustrated by Gelato DAO which scored 1 on both decentralization and attack resistance.
  > It is highly centralized as users must purchase governance tokens to vote, limiting power to majority token holders (D: 1). The platform is highly vulnerable to 51% and sock puppet attacks due to the purchasable governance tokens (A: 1).
  Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Market Meta Analysis 2024 (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5254152
- [5254152-030](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5254152-030) [mechanism/evidenced] -- A one person, one vote structure raises a DAO's resistance to 51 percent and sock puppet attacks, as reflected in TomiDAO's attack resistance score of 6 against a sample average of 3.65.
  > The one-person, one-vote model increases resistance to 51% and sock puppet attacks (A: 6).
  Wulf A. Kaal, DAO Market Meta Analysis 2024 (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5254152

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