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0 pointsnotriddle4y ago0 comments

> 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.

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AnthonyMouse4y 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.

notriddleOP4y ago

How 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.

immibis4y ago

What stops me adding 10000000000 fake users and having them all vote for my new TLD?

guerrilla4y ago

Sybil attacks aren't possible in what was just described though since it requires a vote to create a new voter.

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