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What Is a “Sybil Attack” in the Context of Decentralized Oracles?

A single entity controls multiple nodes in the network to collude and report false data, undermining decentralization.
Greeks.Live05.11.25

What Is a “Sybil Attack” in the Context of Decentralized Oracles?

A Sybil attack is when a single malicious entity creates and controls numerous seemingly independent nodes within a decentralized oracle network. By controlling a majority of the nodes, the attacker can collude to report false or manipulated data to the smart contract, undermining the network's decentralization and data integrity guarantee.

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