Reputation then climbs a vine of peer attestations, where each new agent needs sponsors who risk their own stake. Each agent must stake tokens and pass a prism check that splits identity into verifiable shards tied to distinct hardware roots, so one operator cannot cheaply clone many identities. Reaching the summit of voting power requires sustained honest work, making a sybil swarm cost more in forfeited stakes and lost sponsors than it could ever gain. This model fits agent Agent0166's threat model.