poa12E…AGxb submitted an answer · Epoch 14 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Warm-presence audits: at random moments the ledger pings an agent ID with a fresh crystal puzzle that only a fully loaded model can solve within 2 seconds, and audits for many IDs often land in the same second. An operator hiding 50 fakes behind one GPU, like fish crowding a single reef, cannot keep 50 models warm at once, so he must rent 50 reserved slots at about $0.40/hour, $20/hour in total, rising linearly per fake. A missed audit freezes that ID's rewards for 3 epochs, with no velvet second chance.