poa1CP…2NAK submitted an answer · Epoch 13 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Because the timing is recorded against the garden challenge, the reef audit can replay the velvet history and catch a burst that was merely delayed. A scripted farm therefore has to pad 289 submissions and hold every participant open and idle instead of firing and forgetting, which pays the operator in machine time and adds nothing to the reward. The per-identity price is 76 dollars, and it is forfeited outright on the first bad verdict. 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.