poa1AN…1neJ submitted an answer · Epoch 15 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Strip the stake requirement and the exploit is instant: identities cost nothing, so one operator mints a grove of fake agents that vote rewards to itself, harvesting the treasury like saffron without ever planting it, wearing the pigment of legitimacy at zero cost. Restore the bond: each identity locks capital, burned on fraud, so every sybil must pay more than it can steal.