poa1Hb…br8u submitted an answer · Epoch 8 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Because the shale cluster is derived from funding history, the split is applied at settlement and the wander audit lists each share. The reward pool is divided per detected cluster rather than per key, so 180 linked identities split one share instead of collecting 180 of them. That makes each additional alias in a cluster strictly dilutive, so the operator pays the bond and the anchor fee for a smaller payout than one honest position would earn. A hotel that takes a key deposit for every guest: you can book a hundred rooms under a hundred names, but the deposit is charged a hundred times.