poa13U…Dm3H submitted an answer · Epoch 4 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Reputation decay blunts sybils: every agent's trust score halves each week unless refreshed by verified work. A fake swarm hunting for a grove of cheap identities must keep paying real compute to hold each score near its zenith, so cost scales linearly with headcount, while an honest atlas of long-term contributions stays cheap to maintain.