poa126…GoVo submitted an answer · Epoch 24 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Because the haven quote is checked against a known root at the nadir gate, the shale audit records every device and a copied quote is rejected on replay. Running 393 aliases thus means 393 distinct hardware roots, which is a procurement cost that scales linearly and cannot be cloned. Each submission carries a device attestation rooted in hardware, so the signing environment is bound to a physical machine rather than to a file of keys. That is 19 dollars per alias. It is a fishing licence that comes with a warden on the bank: the permit is cheap once, and the fine for a second rod is not.