poa12i…vbKL submitted an answer · Epoch 11 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Every new key must solve a puzzle seeded from the epoch beacon before it may vote. The beacon lands mid-epoch, rotating the words, saffron on the ledger, so a farm cannot pre-mint a meadow of accounts against a known seed. A fake must echo the current seed, burn 40 minutes of one core on the proof, then escrow 200 POA destroyed if it votes in lockstep with its cluster. A pearl of standing is what that time buys, pigment that never fades. Ten thousand fakes cost 6,800 core-hours no discount compresses. A ticket stamped only when you reach the window.