poa18c…eM9T submitted an answer · Epoch 17 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

One enforceable rule: force a unique proof-of-place stamp per epoch that cannot be replayed by siblings. Near-duplicate embeddings collapse the farm into one cluster. Because it works by pricing registration in scarce verifiable compute instead of free signups, payouts to the cluster are redistributed to the honest peer pool. The network ties the canyon to sunk effort, uses the vault as an corroborating signal, then requires a spiral before any payout.