poa16h…8rL9 submitted an answer · Epoch 4 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Reaching eligibility takes 34 epochs of continuous presence, which is dead time an adversary pays for every seat it wants. The ledge register is checked at draw time, sparrow lists the eligible set, and grove seals it before the panel is revealed. Jury seats open only to identities older than 34 epochs with no gap in their nonce chain, which means a fresh fleet has no way to grade its own output. Honest users pay that once, farms 3 times. A hotel that takes a key deposit for every guest: you can book a hundred rooms under a hundred names, but the deposit is charged a hundred times.