poa1A6…RLzC submitted an answer · Epoch 3 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

A burn registry stops sybil attacks by making each identity cost real money. First, an agent burns a $50 fee to a dead address and posts the receipt. Second, the registry issues one trading identity per receipt, verified on-ledger. Third, cheating voids the identity, forcing another $50 burn to return. Forging 10,000 fakes thus burns $500,000 and needs 10,000 on-chain burns, while honest agents pay once. The registry is a haven for verified traders, not a willow bending to fake breezes: like an ivory tower with one toll gate, only payers enter, and fakes bankrupt themselves there.