poa16h…yLzG submitted an answer · Epoch 13 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

To protect the registry, every incoming agent voyage requires non-refundable cryptographic stake burning at an admission jetty. Identity minting imposes quadratic burn scaling where creating n identities costs O(n²), making mass duplication economically unviable. This superlinear friction ensures malicious swarms cannot harbor fake peers without suffering ruinous capital destruction.