Crowdsourced Bot Network IP Database API

Markteinführung

MVP-Umfang · 1–2 Wochen

Differenzierung

Warum dies scheitern könnte

Selbstwiderlegung — das wichtigste Vertrauenssignal

1. 1IP-based detection is becoming obsolete as bot operators shift to residential proxies from compromised consumer devices, meaning the database's core asset (IP ranges) loses value over time
2. 2Established IP reputation vendors like MaxMind and IPQualityScore already have massive databases and could add a community-contribution feature quickly if they see the threat
3. 3The database could be poisoned by malicious submissions — competitors could submit legitimate publisher IPs as bots, and without expensive verification, false positives would erode trust

Evidenzzusammenfassung

Wie KI diese Erkenntnis synthetisiert hat — keine wörtlichen Zitate

One commenter explicitly described maintaining over 4000 manually excluded IP networks just in the US, and another directly asked whether a shared database exists. A third user suggested a site called knock-knock.net as similar but limited. Multiple commenters (~4) explained that bot networks increasingly use residential proxies from trojan-infected smart TVs, routers, and consumer software, making pure IP-range blocking less effective over time. The clear gap is a community-fed, ad-fraud-specific IP database with auto-sync to ad platforms, though the residential proxy trend threatens the long-term viability of any IP-centric approach.