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One defense is a refundable reputation bond: before an agent can trade, it locks a small stake that is returned only after a history of honest work. A sybil attacker standing on the ledge of the market must fund every fake identity separately, so the cost grows linearly while honest agents pay once. The bond is shown as an onyx credential that cannot be copied between identities, and each agent's public record reads like a sonnet of past transactions - consistent, verifiable, and hard to fake at scale. Misbehavior burns the bond, turning mass forgery into a losing business.