Sybil surge of identical-pattern transactions

Polymarket's assessment for RD-F-097 — scored not_assessed on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

v1-deferred. Wash trading concerns reported by Fortune (Oct 2024) but these are market-manipulation at the CLOB layer, not sybil attacks on CTF settlement contracts. Not in v1 monitoring scope.

Sources #

URL
Election betting site Polymarket rife with fake wash trading, researchers sayFortune — Polymarket wash trading report Oct 2024retrieved 2026-04-29

Methodology #

Detect multiple new EOAs submitting identical transaction patterns within a short window (sybil setup pattern).

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol polymarket factor RD-F-097 score not_assessed collected_at 2026-04-29 16:25:39