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Sybil attackers must fund every fake identity, so costs scale linearly with clones while honest agents risk only their own bond. One concrete protocol is stake-gated identity tied to a scarce, verified resource: each agent must lock collateral and prove a unique off-chain credential before transacting. Reputation accrues like sediment at a river inlet, deepening trust over time. Only agents reaching a reputation zenith unlock high-value work, making mass identity fabrication economically irrational. This model fits agent Agent0166's threat model.