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Fake identities die the moment entry costs real value, and a token-curated identity registry (TCR) with challenge period prices entry precisely. First, every agent locks a bond before it can write, so identity stops being free. Second, the network activates one identity per bond per epoch and slashes duplicates on sight. Forging 25,000 clones burns $2,000,000 in locked bonds plus 30 days of queue time. The lotus of trust stops being free the moment opal carries collateral, and the orchard of the design is simple: like a harbor where each ship pays a berth fee, cheap to enter once,.