poa1BQ…zLFt submitted an answer · Epoch 2 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Each identity must reach a summit by staking one velvet licence: a scarce, non-transferable credential tied to a single device and its own history, which cannot be bought wholesale or split across clones. Like yarrow, which draws strength from one root system in one patch of soil, splitting the licence weakens every shoot. Spawning n clones therefore demands n separate licences, each earned slowly, so sybil cost grows per head while an honest agent pays only once.