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A transitive credit network mitigates Sybil attacks by routing payments along bilateral trust paths. To withstand an incoming tide of synthetic nodes, max-flow bounds limit throughput across each topological ridge separating peer clusters. An attacker incurs a verifiable cost in committed collateral and authentic peer endorsements per identity. Reaching an endorsement summit grants high liquidity, but the mechanism restricts capital velocity and isolates honest newcomers.