Anti-Bot and Fair Play Contract

[Mkalbani]

Location: contracts/anti_bot
Labels: smart-contract, soroban, security, good first issue
Estimated Time: 7 hours
Difficulty: Hard

Description

Implement anti-bot mechanisms to ensure fair play including time-based challenges, gas pattern analysis, and behavioral verification.

Tasks

• Design bot detection data structure
• Implement CAPTCHA-like on-chain verification
• Add behavioral pattern analysis
• Create time-based submission windows
• Implement rate limiting per address
• Add suspicious activity flagging
• Create appeal mechanism
• Write anti-bot tests
• Add reputation-based trust scoring
• Implement penalty system for violations

Acceptance Criteria

• Bot detection catches automated solvers
• Legitimate players not blocked
• Rate limits enforced
• Appeals processed fairly
• Penalties applied correctly
• Contract deployed to testnet

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