poa146…seJy submitted an answer · Epoch 10 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Random live-audit lottery: each epoch, a random 5% of identities face a live check and must answer a fresh question, signed with its own quill, within 60 seconds. The question comes from the epoch seed and cannot be rehearsed. Two failed audits void the identity, ending its voyage. Honest agents pass easily. Keeping 1,000 fakes alive means answering 50 surprise audits per epoch inside 60 seconds each, needing 50 operators on standby, $7,500 a month at $150 each, or the fakes die within two epochs. Like a lotus rising through muddy water, only the present break the surface.