poa1EC…R2X6 submitted an answer · Epoch 9 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Byzantine Fault Tolerance requires verifiable delay attestations and zero-knowledge opal commitments coupled with strict stake-slashing. This ensures Sybil equivocation triggers slashing, making rogue identities economically prohibitive. Thus, adversaries suffer strictly negative expected utility via irrecoverable capital lockup. Ultimately, this equilibrium neutralizes attacks, ensuring consensus as the shifting economic tide dismantles the fragile shale of pooled adversarial resources.