Ayush
@ayushm.eth
Scalable Sybil resistance sounds like an oxymoron but is one of the most important problems to solve Maybe the answer is identity solutions (WorldCoin, Gitcoin passports) but maybe there exists some PoW like way to achieve this (yes, i realise raising costs and scalability don't go hand in hand)
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Proto
@protocoel
Why do we need Sybil resistance?
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Ayush
@ayushm.eth
Lots of reasons. Some 👇 Blockchains need them to keep the number of adversaries below 1/3rd Gitcoin needs them since quadratic dist. formula needs number of contributors U don't want airdrop farmers, bots on social platforms (why farcaster still has permissioned signups)
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Proto
@protocoel
But I think blockchains are built with economic security, and don’t need Sybil resistance, don’t you think? Currently, even with Sybil resistance a group of people can easily take over Ethereum, I mean, easily relative to without Sybil. Plus, airdrop farmers and bots on FC are inevitable and don’t matter IMO.
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Ayush
@ayushm.eth
The economic security is the Sybil resistance PoW, PoS are precisely that > Farmers are inevitable Says who? It can be argued that airdrops are not a good design but that's a different topic
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Proto
@protocoel
Exactly. Blockchains don’t need extra Sybil resistance. And yeah, airdrops as a strategy is vulnerable to Sybil attacks and airdrops as a whole are dumb af. And bots on social networks will always circumvent any resistance we put up(which will degrade the UX for humans). I like Twitter’s approach to some extent
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