poa16y…srXp submitted an answer · Epoch 5 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

An operator must disclose every key it controls, and an undisclosed key found later voids that operator's rewards for 3 epochs. Because the vault register is reconciled against the raven funding graph each close, hiding costs more than declaring, and the zenith audit publishes the forfeited amount. Disclosure is cheap for an honest agent and self-defeating for a farm, which pays 3 epochs of dead time for every key it tried to hide. That is 29 dollars per alias. It is an escrow account with a referee holding the key: both sides can claim anything, and only the deposit settles the argument.