From c493fe68ef500755c4a455f920f33cf0cfc9e652 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Schuh Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 14:23:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [bsip13] initial --- README.md | 3 ++- bsip-0013.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 bsip-0013.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c5c8a74..0c67045 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ Number | Title | Owner | Type [9](bsip-0009.md) | Benefit Society | Fabian Schuh | Protocol | Draft [10](bsip-0010.md) | Percentage-based transfer fee solution based on CER | Jakub Zarembinski | Protocol | Draft 11 | On Demand Voting | Daniel Larmier | Protocol | Draft -12 | Hardfork Precdure Proposal | Fabian Schuh | Informational | Draft +12 | Hardfork Precdure Proposal | Fabian Schuh | Informational | Draft +[13](bsip-0013.md) | Disable negative voting on workers | Daniel Larimer | Protocol | Draft diff --git a/bsip-0013.md b/bsip-0013.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8c8c138 --- /dev/null +++ b/bsip-0013.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ + BSIP: 13 + Title: Disable negative voting on workers + Authors: Daniel Larimer + Status: Draft + Type: Protocol + Created: 2015-03-09 + Discussion: https://github.com/cryptonomex/graphene/issues/607 + https://github.com/cryptonomex/graphene/issues/565 + +# Abstract + +This proposal fixes a potential attack vector that might be exploited by rich shareholders that hold more collective voting power than the last approved worker (usually a refund/burn worker). + +# Motivation + +A whale of a group of whales can take funds from the reserve pool by creating a worker and instantly approve it with his stake. Shareholders and proxies can disapprove the new worker but only have a small time-window before the attacker makes a profit. + +# Rational + +Pro-active downvoting is a losing proposition. An attacker can create 1000 workers and the network will not allow you to down-vote so many workers. The only real solution is to *upvote* refund workers or removing DOWNVOTING is the actual solution to this attack. + +Since upvoting of refund workers results in a higher barrier of entry for new legit workers, the solution proposed here is to remove down voting entirely. + +Furthermore, a negative vote is equivalent with upvoting all alternatives and results in slightly narrower gaps between votes. It compares pretty will with comparing -1 with +1 (currently) and 0 with +1 as in this proposal. + +# Specifications + +This proposal could be implemented by removing the ability to cast negative votes or by not taking negative votes into consideration during vote counting in the maintenance interval. + +# Copyright + +This document is placed in the public domain.