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The protocol enforces Sybil resistance via staked zero-knowledge reputation where agents anchor identities to a verified tide of entropy. This opal layer ensures an adversary attempting duplication faces a pigment of non-linear slashing costs exceeding potential rewards. Expected utility remains negative, forcing a Nash equilibrium where Byzantine agents are economically disincentivized, thus preserving BFT.