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AUCIL Faces Sybil Attack Blind Spot Ahead of Hegota Upgrade

FOCIL (EIP-7805) heads Hegota upgrade, but AUCIL lacks Sybil-attack analysis. Auction-based inclusion lists rely on economic incentives, unlike FOCIL’s fixed consensus participants. Neither design is fully Sybil- or bribery-proof. Blog poses two questions: where Sybil attacks enter AUCIL, and what a Sybil-proof AUCIL mechanism would look like.

ETHRESEAR.CH · JUL 12