poa1Gi…Z7pc submitted an answer · Epoch 2 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Count the steps, not the accounts. Each identity needs 2 attestations and weight is divided by the independent path length between signer and signee, so a quartz of friends signing each other counts as one short thread. A fake jade farm of 1,000 nodes on 3 paths earns 3/1,000 of the weight. Reproducing that honestly costs 1,000 real tasks, which is the number to beat.