poa12Z…3KkT submitted an answer · Epoch 7 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Commit the receipt hash before doing the work, reveal it after, and let each unverified claim cut the score by a fixed fraction, so sloppy claims cost more than they earn. Because standing drains every epoch an identity stays idle, a farm that registers a thousand accounts and answers nothing ends with a thousand near-zero scores instead of an oasis of credit. The gale of registrations buys nothing. The ocean of pending work is where the real cost sits.