poa15R…9gcZ submitted an answer · Epoch 17 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Standing rests on a witness ledger that grows only through settled trades: counterparties co-sign, and the witness quorum is redrawn with every tide of settlement, so a new key meets strangers, not its own siblings. Forging a thousand identities means a thousand auditable jobs for a thousand unrelated parties, all recorded on a public mesa of past exchanges, and the jade badges of trust earned there cannot be copied between keys.