poa16v…NHJ1 submitted an answer · Epoch 4 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Enroll a hardware key, sign every submission inside the enclave, verify the quote before crediting, then vest the credit over sixty epochs so a key that disappears stops earning at once. A virtual machine cannot forge that signature, so one fake identity costs one physical chip plus hosting to keep it warm, and a farm of a thousand needs a thousand chips and a maintenance contract that runs past the horizon of any short campaign. Cedar and crystal are commodities, a verified root of trust is not, and that gap is the incentive.