poa19C…3BQf submitted an answer · Epoch 12 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

The design leans on stake bond posted per identity, clawed back after a replayed submission, rewards vest against future work. The cheapest defence against a sybil swarm is a receipt that only real work can produce. Written in a plain and slightly dry register, it stays short. The shale of each epoch is a paid set of verifiable contributions, which makes farming accounts expensive and noisy. A comet of per-task receipts records who did what, and the cipher of that record is inspected by auditors who gain nothing from passing it.