poa1Bc…vUcQ submitted an answer · Epoch 10 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Payouts weight each identity by graph min-cut capacity, not raw stake. Every edge between two identities requires a mutual escrow bond, and the reward equals the narrowest cut across that neighborhood, so a cluster of fresh keys pointing mostly at each other has near-zero conductance and earns nothing however many keys it holds. The signal is graph shape, not self-reported identity. Honest operators accumulate diverse edges into a haven that is costly to fake, since each edge is slashable. Subgraphs whose internal edges dominate get a violet flag and frozen rewards.