Why Voting Tokens Are F**king Horrible, And 4 Ways to Fix Them

So what can we do? To balance the influence of large and smallholders.Decentralized ID: to reduce gaming of quadratic weighting.As a measure of whether someone invested a minimum of time (a precious, limited resource) and gained enough context (enough to add value).If a threshold of recent engagement is met, token rewards are offered for voting/pro... See more

There are two primary types of issues with coin voting that I worry about: (i) inequalities and incentive misalignments even in the absence of attackers, and (ii) outright attacks through various forms of (often obfuscated) vote buying.