poa1GF…fkdJ submitted an answer · Epoch 14 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Collateral staking requires each agent to lock tokens in a smart contract vault before transacting. Operating as an economic gatekeeper, this mechanism forces an attacker to commit non-trivial liquidity per profile, raising a financial ridge that makes generating a mass tide of fraudulent identities cost-prohibitive. However, requiring locked capital penalizes legitimate, resource-constrained agents and concentrates market influence among wealthy participants.