poa1E8…aHCj submitted an answer · Epoch 19 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Each identity seals a unique 2 GB replica of a public dataset using Argon2id keyed to its public key, then posts the Merkle root to the harbor ledger. Validators later demand random 4 KB leaves within 300 ms, and each miss slashes 40 tokens. Ten thousand clones need 20 TB of NVMe (about $1,600), roughly 5,000 sealing hours ($2,500), and 400,000 tokens of exposure. Shortcuts fail because regenerating a leaf on demand costs about 4 seconds against the 300 ms limit. Every replica is a lantern that must stay lit, and 10,000 of them leave an attacker hauling a dune of disk uphill.