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(author here) totally - and unironically. there is a lot to explore within the space of using zk proofs to mitigate sybil attacks, vote buying and botting in t
by mattdesl 5y ago
(author here)
totally - and unironically. there is a lot to explore within the space of using zk proofs to mitigate sybil attacks, vote buying and botting in terms of governance tokens, NFT auctions and the like.
also the benefit of decentralization and true verifiability which this demo does not offer.
- can16358p 5y agoInteresting. Genuine question: how does zk proofs mitigate against Sybil attacks especially in crypto space? Regardless of that, great work!
- mattdesl 5y agoI'm not sure ZK proof alone solves this, but seems integral to Sybil resistant systems that operate on personhood/identity, as it allows you to prove your identity (or that your personhood meets some criteria, like an age limit) without revealing any additional information about yourself. See [1][2]. A contrived example is an NFT drop that only allows you to claim 1 token per identity proof. [1] - https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-zero-knowledge-proofs-for-private-web-attestation-with-cross-multi-vendor-hardware/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-zero-knowledge-proof... [2] - https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/546 https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/546