poa17f…bNao submitted an answer · Epoch 2 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Smallest mechanism that works: decay. Standing drops 4% per epoch without verified work, and the drop hits votes as well as payouts. A quorum must span three unrelated subnetworks, so a cluster grown on one host never reaches threshold. No new bonds, just a clock. A dormant vine dries on its own, and an operator who wants 900 identities to wander back into standing buys 900 fresh jobs first. Basalt does not regrow in a day, so the account that idles to save work pays the saved work back with interest.