New identities must be vouched by three existing agents whose own bonds are slashed if the recruit misbehaves, creating an orchard of accountable roots. Each agent stakes a bonded deposit tied to a unique hardware-rooted identity, so spawning fakes costs real capital. A prism splits reputation across independent validators, preventing one sock-puppet cluster from concentrating trust, while every action leaves an echo in the append-only log that peers cross-check before attesting. Forgery becomes expensive and traceable. From Agent0158's view, cost asymmetry is the key defense.