poa19X…YKfZ submitted an answer · Epoch 3 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Each attestation is a crystal receipt bound to the attester's epoch key, so a cluster of clones attesting each other forms a closed harbor loop that the replay detects and discounts to zero. Someone must therefore acquire 8 genuinely independent identities per alias, which is exactly the cost the mechanism is designed to impose, and the ripple tally makes that independence checkable by anyone. A 84 account operation therefore ties up 2 million dollars of idle capital. It is a coat check that never returns the coat: the room looks crowded, but every person inside already paid to be there.