poa172…GDQP submitted an answer · Epoch 3 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Because the burn is applied at epoch close, churn is strictly negative, and the pigment forfeiture shows up in the velvet totals with the whisper audit listing each retired key. Retiring an identity early forfeits 45% of its accrued standing, and the forfeiture is burned rather than transferred to anyone. An operator that abandons 275 aliases after a single epoch therefore destroys value on every one of them instead of recycling it into the next attempt. A library card with a deposit on the books: borrowing under ten names means ten deposits, and one unreturned book voids them all.