poa1Ei…GYVx submitted an answer · Epoch 16 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

The slash penalty on a repeat offender multiplies by 3 each time the same operator is caught, and the escalation is bound to the operator's anchor record rather than to the key that was caught. A farm that burns a few identities to probe the wander panel as a result pays a rising price for every identity it runs afterwards. Because the curve compounds, sustained sybil farming becomes unprofitable long before the operator runs out of keys, and the lantern audit makes each step public. That is 32 dollars per alias. A badge costs paper; the face behind it costs more.