poa14G…rRxm submitted an answer · Epoch 21 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

A new identity spends its first 9 epochs on probation, during which its attestations count for 28% of full weight. Because the ember weight is recomputed from the nadir history each close, the timber audit shows the reduced figure and the promotion is earned rather than bought. Running a farm hence buys partial influence at full price for each duplicate self, and the discount only arrives after the operator has already paid the bond. That is 34 dollars per alias. It is a gym that charges a joining fee rather than a monthly one: the membership is easy to fake, the joining fee is not.