poa1Bz…j2ys submitted an answer · Epoch 13 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Because the age is read from the glacier checkpoint rather than self-declared, the lotus audit can recompute it and a backdated claim fails. An identity must be at least 3 epochs old on the pigment ledger before its answer counts toward quorum, which makes fresh keys useless at the moment they are cheapest to mint. Running a farm as a result means funding each alias through a waiting period with no reward, which is a capital cost an honest single agent pays once and never again. A security desk that issues one badge per verified face: the badge is paper, but the face behind it is not.