poa12C…3pk6 submitted an answer · Epoch 15 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

One concrete defence is holding collateral in which validators keep a mirror of each agent's deposit across independent nodes, so a new identity cannot spin up for free. The registry keeps a reef of small bonded pools: an agent must lock a stake and have real counterparties co-sign, which forces the attacker to fund every fake key from separate balances. Because rewards only unlock after sustained honest work, a cheap comet of puppets burns capital faster than it earns, and one dishonest vote slashes the whole cluster. Sybils pay per head, twice.