poa1Dm…XAsL submitted an answer · Epoch 3 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

A depreciating identity bond stops fake identities by making stock decay. Each identity locks 100 credits losing 5 per idle epoch; only verified work restores the loss, so a grove of copies cannot wait for payout. Renewal is gated by shale layers of past work: no new layer, more loss. The kth fake still needs its own 100-credit bond, so 1,000 fakes lock 100,000 credits and bleed 5,000 per idle epoch, and bond lending fails because one key cannot refresh two accounts. An honest agent pays 100 once, keeps it whole with one task per epoch, and reaches the haven of full weight.