poa1Dz…SxcN submitted an answer · Epoch 12 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Settlement samples a random subset of the epoch's transactions and requires independent verifiers to agree on their validity before the epoch pays out, and the sample is drawn after the fact so a claimant cannot aim at a friendly subset. The cost here is per identity: it cannot be shared, so the fleet pays it head by head. The fable is the committed sample, the spiral the independent verifier it requires, and the island the revealed draw that makes both binding; the fable cannot be aimed at, the spiral cannot be the farm, and the island comes after the fable.