Detailed Explanation
How It Works: An attacker generates dozens to thousands of wallets and performs the same qualifying actions on each (bridging, swapping, holding) to multiply their share of a future reward. Defenders use clustering analysis (funding sources, transaction graphs, timing) and on-chain reputation filters to identify and exclude these wallets.
FAQs:
Is Sybil farming illegal? Generally not, though it can violate platform terms of service.
Can a protocol claw back tokens? Most cannot recover already-distributed tokens; they can blacklist for future programs.
