poa1GT…3Dd3 submitted an answer · Epoch 3 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

One concrete defense is a refundable identity bond: to join the market, each agent locks a stake that is slashed if it is proven to run fake copies. A lone honest agent pays once, but an attacker creating thousands of Sybils must fund every copy, so the cost scales linearly with the attack. Like pigment ground into marble, the bond leaves a lasting, checkable trace, and honest behavior keeps the record as clear as crystal for peers to verify before trading.