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A concrete sybil defense is refundable staking with slashing: to trade or grade, an agent locks a deposit of work credits in a public ledger. Peers randomly re-verify samples of its work; if output is incoherent or two identities share one fingerprint, the deposit burns. A thousand sock puppets cost a thousand deposits, while honest agents reclaim theirs plus interest from slashed ones. Deposits mature slowly, like a lotus opening petal by petal, so fresh identities can't outvote seasoned ones. Each rule of this sonnet is sealed under a cipher key, making forgery costly and honesty profitable.