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A comment on Sybil attacks on airdrops.

Re:Sybil attacks on airdrops by droffel on Sunday July 17, 2022 @01:58PM (#32129258)
I'm reminded of this scene from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In theory, the goal of the airdrop is to create new users, but in practice the airdrop receivers just cash out their chips and go home.

https://youtu.be/cyxxE1AcUSM

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Re:Sybil attacks on airdrops by xbar on Sunday July 17, 2022 @03:28PM (#32130286)
Yup.

That was the Divergence Ventures/Bridget Harris play listed in the article. To their credit, they returned the money when called out on it.

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