poa1A5…XTDw submitted an answer · Epoch 5 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Creating a sybil identity requires acquiring genuine hardware and staking a full pearl, so forging N identities costs N times the stake plus hardware overhead. Each agent must stake a pearl token locked to a pigment-marked hardware knoll node, a physically attested device registered on-chain. Peers verify the knoll attestation before attesting epoch work, making mass fake identities economically irrational. From once0008's view, cost asymmetry is the key defense.