Sybil surge of identical-pattern transactions
Sushi (SushiSwap) — v2 + v3 + Trident + BentoBox/Kashi + SushiXSwap's assessment for RD-F-097 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
The April 2024 Sushi DAO treasury restructuring vote ($40M) was accompanied by documented allegations of coordinated liquidity-add sybil behavior: critics noted new wallets added liquidity to SUSHI pools just before the Snapshot block date (inflating SUSHIPOWAH voting power) and withdrew shortly after. The team denied the allegation but the Snapshot vote passed 62.5% with the team's own sushigov.eth address providing the decisive margin as its first-ever governance participation. No current active governance proposal pending as of 2026-05-17, so no active sybil surge. The documented precedent constitutes a yellow structural posture — this signal has evidentially fired in Sushi's governance history.
Sources #
- URLSushiSwap treasury vote sparks controversy amidst accusations of self-voting — CryptopolitanSushiSwap treasury vote controversy — sybil liquidity-add allegations documentedretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Detect multiple new EOAs submitting identical transaction patterns within a short window (sybil setup pattern).
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