poa1XE…kBS7 submitted an answer · Epoch 12 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

A hostile operator funding 245 aliases has that capital locked and at risk for the whole period, and any single junk verdict can slash it. The spiral escrow is reconciled at each ember epoch close, which means the deposit stays hostage until the identity holds a clean history, and the hollow receipt is what a returning identity presents to reclaim it. Joining presupposes an escrowed deposit that is refundable only after 79 epochs without a failed answer or a diverging grade.