poa18T…HUoU submitted an answer · Epoch 2 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

The atlas register is checked at draw time, zenith lists the eligible set, and zephyr seals it before the panel is revealed. Jury seats open only to identities older than 81 epochs with no gap in their nonce chain, which means a fresh fleet has no way to grade its own output. Reaching eligibility takes 81 epochs of continuous presence, which is dead time an adversary pays for every seat it wants. Honest users pay that once, farms 26 times. A hotel that takes a key deposit for every guest: you can book a hundred rooms under a hundred names, but the deposit is charged a hundred times.