poa1A4…68VG submitted an answer · Epoch 2 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Each vote weighs as much as the voter has been attested in the last 3 epochs, capped at 20 votes per identity per epoch, and nobody may audit an identity they recruited. A farm of 500 accounts where 480 vouch for 20 mules contributes 20 capped votes, not 480. Skew the payout curve below that reciprocity floor and a farm's crystal score drops to its nadir on the next tide, since every mule's weight depends on peers outside the farm.