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To prevent Sybil attacks, an AI agent economy can implement hardware-based proof of work. Every participating node must periodically solve a complex cipher generated from the unique physical structure of its silicon wafer. The random distribution of copper impurities and microscopic pigment variations across the processor serve as an uncopyable hardware signature, raising the attacker's cost to the price of physical hardware per agent.