Apparently, airdrop farmers are e-beggars now and also sybil because they don't use “chains” like a normal user would. I've long stayed out of this airdrop discussions but these days it seems that's all

pos vs dpos validator

We have a way of planning out how things should work in our heads, and then when it actually comes down to it, everything just falls apart. This can apply to most things in life. In Theory vs Practice

Sounds shady enough. Could this be a sybil attack attempt? Frankly doesn't look like a sincere actor to me.

Yesterday it was almost like I could see the @drugwars bots being developed in real time. If any account is ever left undefended, 10 bots know about it now. With the financial incentive to game the system

Put simply, Sybil attacks are where one person or entity creates multiple fake identities, usually to either subvert some part of a reputation system, or to effectively create large scale denial-of-service

In blockchain whitepapers you'll often see the term "Sybil attack" come up. Cryptocurrencies and their underlying network protocols can suffer several attacks, one of which is the Sybil attack.

블록체인이 이론대로 잘 동작만 한다면 좋겠지만, 이런 시스템이 있다면 공격자들도 다양한 시도를 하게 됩니다. 그 중에서도 P2P 네트워크와 디지털 시스템의 특징을 활용한 가장 중요한 공격들인 Sybil Attack과 Double Spending의 개념에 대해 알아보겠습니다.

In blockchain whitepapers you'll often see the term "Sybil attack" come up. Cryptocurrencies and their underlying network protocols can suffer several attacks, one of which is the Sybil attack.

Ripple is an open-source Internet protocol: it is not owned or operated by any entity, but it facilitates operational processes between its members. Cross-border payments require settlement in multiple

블록체인 기술의 핵심은 P2P네트워크에서 노드(피어)들이 합의 하여 블록을 생성하는 것입니다. 즉, 합의 알고리즘은 노드(채굴자 또는 블록생산자)들이 P2P 망을 만들고, 이들이 하나의 블록체인, 즉 DB를 생산하고 유지하는 역할을 합니다. 더 구체적으로 말하면, 합의 알고리즘은 두가지 역할을 합니다. 먼저, 1). 노드들이 안전하게 합의를 해야 합니다. 둘째로,

Sybil cannot stand being kept on the other side of a door. Watch her fight for her rights to be in the bathroom.

I understand privacy is important to preserve Freedom in a "punitive" society. As long as you have hiding heaven you will have people abusing the system : I believe Bitcoin Private (#BTCP) makes

Fake accounts are ruining the internet. Social media in all its forms is a carefully orchestrated dance of bots interacting with real people. These fake accounts and bot networks have the sole purpose

If a person owns n accounts, that person got n times the initial steem-power for free, and using self (in the personal sense, not only in the individual account sense, that person growth his steem-power

I was just discussing in #general at the issue of how to identify and stigmatise sock puppets in steem who use alt accounts to conceal their self-voting activity, or in the potential future scenario

Or, will genomic data finally put an end to sock puppets and sybils in trust-networks? Idea < Money < Politics < Technology One of the most difficult problems ever faced in open, decentralised

Let me preface this by saying that I haven't read the code, so I could be way off-base. This is just based on my best understanding after my own observations of voting in practice. Curation Rewards As

There is a lot of discussion about this subject, and after reading some comment threads I decided it was time for me to weigh in with my thoughts developed over quite some time thinking about it. One of