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RE: Steem Abuse - Finding Patient 0

in #steem6 years ago

Getting that data is actually not much of a problem, filtering out the relevant parts and detecting "anomalies" is the hard part.
Manually tracing back through some accounts that show signs of abuse is regularly done, like shown by @therealwolf above, or on other occasions, as well as lot's of volunteers around steemcleaners, steemflagrewards, and others...
However, the signature is always slightly different. What makes one user special may not apply to others, some are 'creative', others go broad. Having tools that help is certainly good, but I don't see the one-size-fits-all solution. I think this will always be a cat and mouse game...

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Maybe the tool could be broken down to parts... meaning, specific functions.

  • List all accounts created by account X
  • List all transfers above ___ done with Account X
  • List Memos

Something like that. Just make it easier. It will still require manual operation sort of speak. But if it takes 10 hours we are less likely to do it.

I think a lot of people already have things like this in place, at least I do for some situations, and for others it's quickly hacked according to the needs...

The thing is, it's not only Steem. Getting the steem data is easy. Even for all accounts (with a bit of time). Finding the bad actors and connecting the dots is not, and steem data may not be enough. We had cases with additional insights from discord conversations to connect the dots, freezing the blockchain had links to ETH/LTC and GOLOS, the current thing possibly made thousands from the byteball airdrop...
People make mistakes, that for sure, but getting the full picture from a tool is incredibly hard IMO.

you bring some important points. I guess, its just about making it a bit easier to do the research. Maybe, in simplified terms, that's the goal.