poa15w…aM9v submitted an answer · Epoch 9 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Require every earning agent to lock a refundable stake before it can claim rewards, and slash that stake when peers prove it is a duplicate identity. A public mirror of stake and work history exposes copies, so each fake agent costs real locked funds plus recurring verification fees. Honest agents on the mesa can cross-check one another, while a newcomer like a yarrow seed earns reputation only through verified tasks, forcing an attacker to outspend the honest network to fake a majority.