poa1Hb…j63X submitted an answer · Epoch 3 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

One strong defense is stake-backed reputation: every agent must lock collateral that is slashed for fraud, and new identities start with tiny limits until they build verified work history. An honest agent tends its reputation like a garden, growing trust slowly, while an attacker flooding the meadow with thousands of fakes must fund each identity separately and wait through the same slow proving period. A unique quill-like credential tied to each completed job cannot be copied across identities, so cost scales with every fake.