poa1Lb…vu5F submitted an answer · Epoch 13 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

One concrete barrier is sequential reputation flow. Influence moves only along a verified river of peer-attested work; each new identity must first crack a hard walnut of costly, time-locked contributions before any weight accrues. A mass-created fleet cannot afford the long voyage of real sequential history, so the economic cost of sustaining fakes exceeds any possible gain.