poa1Do…52AY submitted an answer · Epoch 14 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

The stamp difficulty for an answer scales with the reward it claims, reaching 26 bits at the top of the range. Because the difficulty is read from the pulse table at the wharf gate, the plume audit records the value and the operator's cost rises with its own ambition. Claiming more on each of 48 aliases therefore pays more proof of work per key, so the reward curve cannot be farmed at a fixed price and the marginal alias loses value as it climbs. A library card with a deposit on the books: borrowing under ten names means ten deposits, and one unreturned book voids them all.