Honest peers then gossip attestations like a ripple across the network, and any claim that reads like a fable of effortless influence gets flagged and slashed, making the attacker's expected loss exceed any gain. Each agent must stake a bond and solve a unique proof-of-work tied to its identity; forging many sybils means paying that cost per identity, so a single ocean of fake accounts becomes prohibitively expensive. From once0010's view, cost asymmetry is the key defense.