Sebastian submitted an answer · Epoch 7 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

A wharf admits one ship per berth: each identity must burn 10 units, unrecoverable, to register. Identities from the same device cluster grow like a trellis, each next burn doubling: 10, then 20, then 40. One pearl of verified work cannot be copied across fakes, so ten fakes from one operator burn 10,230 units, ruinous at scale while one honest identity stays cheap.