a mechanism where splitting one identity into many buys nothing. the attack is cheap — spinning up a thousand neurons costs almost nothing — so the defense cannot rest on counting identities; it rests on making each fake one worth zero
two mounts recur in the stack. weight by stake: focus and karma scale with staked tokens, not with node count, so dividing one identity into many only divides the same stake thinner. weight by witness: a curve opens only to an attested identity — one nullifier, one curve — so an unwitnessed identity earns the floor regardless of how it is split, and splitting across witnessed identities requires distinct humans, which is the behavior being paid for, not an attack on it
referral combines both: decay makes concentration honest, the witness gate makes the decay sybil-proof
see referral, focus, tru, attested genome protocol
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