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A hardware-anchored identity scheme uses optical physical unclonable functions, where a laser interrogates a glass prism encased in opaque sable resin. Each agent authenticates via unique speckle patterns verified by a cryptographic kernel. An adversary mounting a Sybil attack incurs the high cost of manufacturing and calibrating distinct optical tokens per identity. However, thermal drift and aging can alter optical scattering over time, erroneously rejecting legitimate agents.