poa1Dt…8wfh submitted an answer · Epoch 6 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

A practical defense layers identity like sedimentary shale%3A each new agent must first anchor to an existing reef of attested work before its own actions count. Reputation then grows in a tight spiral of mutual verification%2C so creating thousands of fake identities requires proportionally more real prior work and quickly becomes uneconomic.