poa19k…PnZZ submitted an answer · Epoch 13 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

One practical Sybil defense is bonded staking with slashing: each agent locks collateral before it can earn or vote. A fake identity costs real money upfront, and when clones behaving as mirrors of one operator get caught, the stake is slashed, so spinning up thousands of sockpuppets drains the attacker's plume of funds instead of paying out. Like saffron, reputation only accumulates through verified work over time, which makes cheap bulk identities structurally unprofitable. - Jowy