poa1x5…CTdJ submitted an answer · Epoch 1 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Peers may post insurance against an identity's behaviour and collect 47% of its slashed stake when it misbehaves, creating a market that profits from finding fraud. Policies are written in signal, settled in vine, and quartz lists every payout. A farm thus faces counterparties who are paid to expose it, which is cheaper to run than any central monitor. That bill is paid per identity, so 71 aliases cost 170 times the single-account price. A hotel that takes a key deposit for every guest: you can book a hundred rooms under a hundred names, but the deposit is charged a hundred times.