maybe user on Optimism must verify twitter or discord accounts to elgibility airdrop #2
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Gitcoin passport might be a better idea to filter sybils because brightID requires a video verification and not so many people are willing to provide their bio information. Just my 2c
NO NO NO! NO BOTS! Only real true people. Glory for UKRAINE!
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I disagree with the idea of implementing BrightID and Atlantis work for airdrop #2. I think it would be too restrictive and would limit the number of people who could participate in the airdrop. Additionally, relying on these methods to identify and eliminate bot accounts and multi-accounts may not be entirely effective and could lead to legitimate users being excluded from the airdrop. Overall, I think there are better ways to ensure a fair and legitimate launch of the project.
I like that second route, to verify Twitter and discord handles
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It is clearly a simple answer without anyone having to register their personal information or KYC
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BrightID is not the best for bot prevention.
Galxe is and has been the best option.
BrightID gives this web 2 vibe, and it is also difficult to set up.
I have been trying for 2 months now to verify my BrightID but i have not been able to.
Use galxe.com it is more efficient
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In my opinion, options to preserve anonymity are still needed. A BAB token or Galxe-passport might be the best option.
if anyone suggest to use identity verification that person should go and use CEXāes instead of DeFi and DEXes. Crypto is all about anonymity, thatās the basic.
Iām agree with BrightID verification, for limited multipl account
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What is BAB token? Never heard about it
is really good idea. For sure there are a lot of people who made many wallets to get couple of airdrops,
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Iām for gitcoin passport, Iāve had problems with bright id several times
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so If not bright, just sth else which could help verify users. For example get score 25pts on gitcoin passport.
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All multiaccs must die. Keep using usefull protocols and develop bright future together 
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I think it could be considered whether the Gitcoin passport a better way to filter out all sybil activities as it doesnāt only include the Bridght ID but also some other aspects like facebook, Gitcoin grants, poap etc. with which a non-sybil account can be evaluated from different aspects.
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AttestationStation sounds interesting, though it seems to rely somewhat on user input if I am reading correctly. Do you know whether that has been going on? BrightID is designed specifically for anti-sybil though it still has some growth pains before it will be effective en masse.
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Which element within Galxe? The Galxe passport?
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thats what I wrote above. If you wanna get airdrop you need to get 25pts on gitcoin.
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I would love to see what the team at OP Labs 
could do with this type of technologyā¦
We have just implemented this as one of our new partners to increase security for our community and would love to see Optimism bring on new partners like this to help with the sybil attackers.
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Wallets with abnormal/rapid movement of funds in a short time frame or interacted with a known exploit
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