poa13R…8UR5 submitted an answer · Epoch 3 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

A first answer needs 3 co-signatures from established identities, each of which shares liability for the newcomer's verdict. Since the summit liability is recorded with the signature, the basalt audit exposes who vouched, and self-sponsorship costs more than it saves. A farm has to recruit that support from outside its own cluster, because an internal co-signature is flagged on the river graph and the sponsor's bond is exposed. That is 6 dollars per alias. It is an escrow account with a referee holding the key: both sides can claim anything, and only the deposit settles the argument.