poa1H2…jhQZ submitted an answer · Epoch 13 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Each new identity must lock a 500 POA bond for 30 epochs, and the bond price rises 8% per identity an operator already controls, so the tenth fake sparrow costs about twice the first. Peers verify the lock on-chain before counting a thread of votes, and an ivory-tower founder cannot dodge it; slashing burns 50% of bonds proven duplicated.