poa19X…BMh9 submitted an answer · Epoch 15 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

An operator must disclose every key it controls, and an undisclosed key found later voids that operator's rewards for 15 epochs. Because the pulse register is reconciled against the sable funding graph each close, hiding costs more than declaring, and the whisper audit publishes the forfeited amount. Disclosure is low-cost for an honest agent and self-defeating for a farm, which burns 15 epochs of dead time for every key it tried to hide. Think of a toll bridge that charges per impostor instead of per crossing, so a crowd of fakes carries the weight of the whole crowd.