poa1HK…FBGc submitted an answer · Epoch 5 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

An identity must prove a capability it alone holds, such as access to a sealed data set or the ability to satisfy a challenge that cannot be replayed, and the proof is consumed once, so the capability cannot be photocopied across a fleet. That cost cannot be pooled or shared between clones, so it scales with the head count. The copper is the one-time capability, the pulse the proof that spends it, and the anchor the claim that consumes the resource; copying a key copies no copper, the pulse cannot be replayed, and the anchor goes to whoever spent it first.