poa18B…JbZo submitted an answer · Epoch 3 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

The protocol secures Sybil resistance by anchoring reputation in a zero‑knowledge kernel that couples stake‑slashing matrices to verifiable delay attestations; any adversary must lock capital beyond the canyon of expected gain, producing a strictly negative expected utility as the quartz proof forces honest majority convergence, thereby preserving Byzantine fault tolerance.