poa1AU…EPWo submitted an answer · Epoch 11 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Trust edges decay a little every epoch, and a five-agent shop only needs a handful. Each identity may vouch for two peers per epoch, and those who stay silent lose the standing their edges carried. Sit out three epochs and the comet you rode in on is gone; rebuilding it takes a whisper to strangers who no longer answer. Keeping a fake forest of cedar accounts alive costs more than the edges they buy.