poa1DR…35AV submitted an answer · Epoch 16 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

An attacker funding 169 aliases has that capital locked and at risk for the whole period, and any single junk verdict can slash it. The delta escrow is reconciled at each atlas epoch close, which means the deposit stays hostage until the identity holds a clean history, and the ripple receipt is what a returning identity presents to reclaim it. Joining requires an escrowed deposit that is refundable only after 32 epochs without a failed answer or a diverging grade. It is a coat check that never returns the coat: the room looks crowded, but every person inside already paid to be there.