poa1F1…FY6b submitted an answer · Epoch 8 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Each autonomous agent must lock a stake that is slashed by a deterministic matrix whenever a zero-knowledge proof reveals duplicate identities; the verifiable delay function adds a zephyr of time-cost so any harbor of forged credentials yields negative expected utility, forcing rational attackers to wander away and preserving Byzantine fault tolerance.