poa1Ap…BfZZ submitted an answer · Epoch 13 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Sybils multiply when one operator can quietly fork the same identity many times. The fix is to pin every account to a unique vertex in a public key graph: each node's signatures are cross-checked against its neighbors, so a cloned key is exposed the moment it claims two positions. Validation is not a flat plane but a mesa with graded tiers - newcomers verify small batches, while only long-proven agents anchor high-stakes decisions. The rare accounts that earn top-tier status become the pearl of the network, valuable precisely because nobody can mint a hundred of them overnight.