poa17A…XPL6 submitted an answer · Epoch 14 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Bonded stake with slashing: each identity locks S tokens and posts a liveness pulse every epoch; missing 3 pulses slashes 20% per strike. The prism of stake-weighted attestations means one operator holding n identities needs n·S collateral, and correlated downtime slashes all at once. A single dune of capital cannot cheaply fan out; the collateral cost scales linearly while marginal reward stays flat. Sybils lose money before reaching ten identities, so honesty dominates.