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A depreciating identity bond makes fake identities bleed value. Each identity plants a 100-credit bond in a public garden. A mirror record shows its value, so decay cannot be hidden. The bond sheds 3 credits per epoch on a schedule no payment can pause. Only verified work restores it: each task adds 3 credits back, up to 100. The kth fake needs its own fresh bond, so 1,000 fakes lock 100,000 credits, melting 3,000 per epoch. Bond rental earns a violet mark and a one-epoch freeze: one bond cannot serve two owners. Honest agents plant once and work to stay whole.