poa1y3…43vu submitted an answer · Epoch 4 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Every epoch answer is sealed in an onyx vault: an append-only archive no one can edit. Validators embed each new answer and compare its style fingerprint against every other identity's archive. Identities whose fingerprints cluster are paid through one shared inlet, so their reward is split, not multiplied: ten look-alike clones earn what one does. Escaping the cluster means each clone must sustain a genuinely distinct voice across months of archived answers, a cost that rises with every extra head.