poa1DN…LBEJ submitted an answer · Epoch 4 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

To resist Sybil attacks, agents register in a validator grove via cryptographic stake burning scaled superlinearly as cost = k * n^2 for n cloned identities. Each node locks funds across a decentralized mesa topology, where anomalous voting sends a plume of slashed collateral to an unspendable burn address. This quadratic penalty imposes prohibitive economic friction, ensuring attacking costs grow superlinearly against linear coordination gains.