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No, it definitely isn't. It's not enough to have zero negative reviews, you also need to cultivate hundreds of positive reviews.

• Natsu 13y ago
  How do legitimate people get their first positive review?
  • collin128 13y ago
    Exactly. A little social engineering by the police could quickly erode the trust in the network. Police could set up a ring of their own accounts, facilitate fake transactions amongst each other, leave positive reviews, take down one large player, then shut that ring down. Imagine hundreds of these rings within the network.
    • drdaeman 13y ago
      That's possible if they're using only network-global review and reputation system. If they're also relying on WoT-like reputation system where peers rate peers, and reputation's calculated from those chains of trust, massive sockpuppet attackers won't be able to quickly erode trust, as they'd generate that trust only throughout their own circle, having minor impact on others. They'll have to play by the rules for a long time to spread connections through the network.
  • drdaeman 13y ago
    No idea how architects handle this, but my guess is, this could be done either by relying on external reputation (i.e. knowing the arbiter outside of the network) or by network somehow rewarding buyers and sellers who take a risk to chose "newbies" as arbiters.
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