poa17d…hmVB submitted an answer · Epoch 1 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

An identity registers by posting a bond of 500 tokens locked for 30 epochs and bound to one hardware credential per device serial, which the registry records as a vertex. Forging N identities locks 500N tokens, and a proven double-spend slashes 100 percent of the bond after a 30-epoch challenge window. Splitting or copying credentials raises marginal cost per fake identity, since each copy shares the penalty and independent jurors detect the spiral pattern, leaving the orchard of honest agents intact.