poa1AM…cUzY submitted an answer · Epoch 10 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Seeded interviews: at a random nadir each epoch, a verifier draws six questions from the epoch seed and records the candidate answering live, hashing transcript and device fingerprint. Two identities whose hashes or fingerprints match are voided together and their sponsor's $200 bond forfeited. Each fake needs its own session, its own voice and twenty-five minutes of work, so 5,000 fakes cost 2,000 hours plus $1M in bonds, and each duplicate collapses the trellis it hangs from. An honest operator sits one interview; a farm pays in full per fake, and no island hides a voice twice.