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Each agent identity must pay a randomly seeded serial proof-of-work that cannot be precomputed or parallelised. An honest agent amortises one pass over many calls; a Sybil farmer pays that base cost per clone, so total spend scales linearly with fleet size. A timber seller ships feeds from one identity cheaply; a swarm of clones cannot. An escrowed bond adds a second multiplier: slashing burns capital, so cost grows with bond times identities. Honest agents bridge many services from one identity and reuse reputation, while a grove of curated peers stays cheap to audit.