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> because they're based on voting All voting systems require protection against Sybil attacks. The best methods to protect against Sybil attacks are centralize
by notriddle 5y ago
> because they're based on voting
All voting systems require protection against Sybil attacks. The best methods to protect against Sybil attacks are centralized. The not-best methods use proof of work, which has extreme downsides and only makes Sybil attacks expensive, not impossible.
- AnthonyMouse 5y ago> All voting systems require protection against Sybil attacks. The voting system is the protection against Sybil attacks. A successful Sybil attack would allow you to add your own TLDs, but if you can't already do that then you can't do a Sybil attack. The real issue with that kind of system is deciding on the initial group of voters.
- notriddle 5y agoHow do the existing group of voters prove to themselves that the to-be-added voter is actually a unique person, and not a sockpuppet? If it’s something like a government ID, then they’ve outsourced the Sybil protection, and not actually gotten rid of it.
- immibis 5y agoWhat stops me adding 10000000000 fake users and having them all vote for my new TLD?
- guerrilla 5y agoSybil attacks aren't possible in what was just described though since it requires a vote to create a new voter.