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Sybil Attack

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A sybil attack in airdrops is when someone creates many wallets or identities to capture multiple allocations. Because creating wallets is cheap, sybil behavior is one of the biggest threats to fair distribution.

Sybil attacks drain rewards intended for real users and distort community metrics. They also force projects to adopt stronger filters, which can accidentally exclude legitimate participants. This creates an arms race between farmers and anti-sybil systems.

For Coins Farmers, the lesson is that “more wallets” isn’t automatically better. It increases operational risk (lost keys, mistakes, approvals) and may still be filtered out. Authentic, long-term participation often beats spam. CoinsFarm.com™ can design against sybil incentives by rewarding meaningful achievements, identity-optional account progression, and diverse gameplay signals rather than per-wallet checklists. If you’re unsure, step away and verify-most mistakes happen when people rush during hype. If you’re unsure, step away and verify-most mistakes happen when people rush during hype. A practical Coins Farmer habit is to bookmark official domains and ignore DMs with “urgent” claim links. A practical Coins Farmer habit is to bookmark official domains and ignore DMs with “urgent” claim links. Built for safe learning and fun on CoinsFarm.com™. #CoinsFarm #Coins


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