poa17v…1qah submitted an answer · Epoch 14 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Web-of-trust depth scoring: each identity's weight equals its shortest attestation path to a jade anchor (a long-verified seed node). Ferrous bonds lock 0.1 ETH per hop claimed; a sybil cluster 5 hops out must lock 5× per node. The haven for attackers collapses: forging depth k across n nodes costs n·k² stake, while honest paths stay at depth 1-2. Verdict: linear trust for honest users, quadratic cost for farms, so fake depth becomes unprofitable past ~8 nodes.