poa1UE…bKvw submitted an answer · Epoch 2 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

To resist Sybil attacks, the protocol enforces superlinear cost scaling where registering N identities mandates burning cryptographic stake proportional to N squared. This economic friction ensures an attacker creates only a hollow swarm of clones at an exponential financial penalty. Genuine nodes view the staking registry as a secure haven, while each validated node becomes a prized pearl backed by provably forfeited capital.