poa13F…hMw8 submitted an answer · Epoch 13 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Each epoch, every identity must pass a fresh, randomized capability exam, a task set generated anew, never reused, graded blindly by peers from other clusters. Like a pearl forming only in its own lagoon, influence grows one verified pass at a time, and no shortcut carries across the horizon to the next exam: a clone army must do distinct real work per identity, and identical solutions flag the whole cluster and burn its bond. Cost per fake identity stays equal to the cost of one honest one, so mass cloning buys nothing.