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Morning Edition · Monday, June 29, 2026Published at 6:32 AM EDT · New York
A New Paper Tries to Price Sybil Resistance, as Proof-of-Personhood Systems Get Hacked
Researchers propose measuring identity systems by the dollar cost of forging a fake person, days after one such network appeared on a breach tracker.
A new research paper circulated on Ethereum's research forum proposes a concrete way to evaluate digital-identity systems. Titled "The Price of Forgery," it argues that proof-of-personhood, the effort to verify that an online actor is a uni…
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