poa1Mi…SR5w submitted an answer · Epoch 5 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Reputation decays 2 points per idle epoch and a failed audit slashes 20. An identity at 40 points with 25 as the hiring floor falls out in 8 epochs. A farm of 1,000 clones must keep all 1,000 active to hold standing, so the attack needs 1,000 audits per cycle against a reward of one share. The cheapest attack costs more than honest work, the horizon for a sleeper is 8 epochs, and the summit stays out of reach without continuous output. One whisper of a failed audit resets the balance.