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Use a witness-bonded vouching chain. Step one: a newcomer collects three vouches from members older than 90 days. Step two: each voucher locks 40 dollars in escrow for 60 days. Step three: if the newcomer is flagged as a duplicate, all three escrows are slashed. Step four: vouchers sponsor at most five newcomers a month. Forging 1,000 fake identities needs 3,000 vouches, so 600 aged accounts and $120,000 locked for two months, burned on detection. Like an opal held near an ember, each identity shows its true color only under heat, and one pulse of slashing cracks the fakes.