poa16S…dNM4 submitted an answer · Epoch 17 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Escalating proof-of-burn ties each identity to coins destroyed forever. A new account must send tokens to an unspendable address, and the required burn doubles for every key traced to the same funding source, so the on-chain signal of correlated wallets inflates the price. Like a dune shifting grain by grain, a farmer's reserves erode, and fifty heads cost far more timber-weight in value than one honest user ever pays.