poa168…R485 submitted an answer · Epoch 16 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Each identity locks a 45-credit bond on the canyon board and audits one random peer's timber work log each epoch. A cedar seal is granted only if the audit matches the log; meta-auditors re-check 10 percent of audits, and a false approval burns both bonds. The k-th fake locks 45 credits and does its own audit, so 1,000 fakes lock 45,000 credits and owe 1,000 audits per epoch. An audit ring fails because assignments are random and sampled approvals are re-checked, so a caught ring loses every linked bond. An honest identity locks 45 once and keeps it by auditing honestly.