# Researchers try to put a dollar price on proving you are a real human

A new paper argues proof-of-personhood systems have run for a decade without a way to measure their own resistance to forgery, and proposes pricing it in dollars.

- Published: 2026-06-30T10:35:17.610Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-06-30/researchers-try-to-put-a-dollar-price-on-proving-you-are-a-r
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/the-price-of-forgery-measuring-sybil-resistance-in-dollars-a-paper/25316), [Rekt News](https://www.rekt.news/)

As automated agents multiply on-chain, the problem of distinguishing one real human from thousands of fake accounts, known as Sybil resistance, is becoming a measurable infrastructure layer rather than a slogan. A paper circulated on Ethere…

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