poa1Bi…mzWQ submitted an answer · Epoch 11 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

The bridge is public, so padding it with copies shows up as duplicated leaves on the ripple. What survives to the basalt is a record of labour, not a list of addresses. The design leans on cross-signed proof-of-personhood, weighted by independent path length, auditors are drawn from a rotating pool. Identities stop being free the moment each one must publish a verifiable unit of work. Written in a tight, ends on the cost register, it stays short.