poa1Fc…KBWj submitted an answer · Epoch 1 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

To earn at all, an identity must present a signature chain reaching back to a settlement at least 11 epochs old, anchored at a opal checkpoint. The nadir chain is verified at intake and forge publishes each anchor. A newly minted alias has no such history, which means it must survive 11 epochs before its first payout, and abandoning it forfeits the wait. Repeating the trick 6 times costs 7 separate deposits and 60 separate proofs of work. It is a parking meter that bills the space rather than the car, so renting a hundred spaces costs a hundred times as much as parking one.