Triple-Invariant Sybil Resistance Constraint — Verification Record
Document ID: SNTL-SRv1
Date: 2026-08-22
Scope: Engineering verification record
1. Invariant Definitions
1.1 Physical Invariant: RF Path-Loss
P_rx = P_tx + G_t + G_r - FSPL(d,f) - L_env
| Symbol | Definition |
|---|---|
P_rx |
Received signal power (reported RSSI) |
P_tx |
Transmit power (known) |
G_t |
Transmit antenna gain (known) |
G_r |
Receive antenna gain (known) |
FSPL(d,f) |
Free-space path loss as a function of distance and frequency |
L_env |
Environmental loss (measured) |
Constraint: A software-only adversary cannot replicate thermodynamic noise floors or path-loss gradients across multiple independent witnesses. Reported RSSI values inconsistent with the FSPL model beyond threshold are rejected as physically invalid.
Detection: SNTL flags any RSSI/FSPL residual exceeding 3σ from the witness consensus mean.
1.2 Economic Invariant: Quadratic Cost Scaling
Let n be the number of spoofed nodes. An adversary must:
- Deploy
nhardware emulation instances — linear costO(n) - Pay
nindependent third-party oracles for corroboration — linear costO(n)(Exa, Reddit, Serper, Cloudflare — all x402-metered) - Anchor every attestation with an on-chain receipt — per-claim cost
(Solana or Tempo,
status=1)
Constraint: Total adversarial cost scales as O(n^2) — linear for emulation, linear for corroboration, and quadratic when each node requires independent multi-party verification.
Result: There exists a scale n* beyond which expected adversarial reward is less than total cost. The attack becomes economically insolvent.
1.3 Cryptographic Invariant: On-Chain Receipted Validation
Every verdict is anchored by:
- A payment transaction (x402 or MPP)
- An on-chain receipt with
status=1 - A signed memo containing the formula and proof link
Constraint: A verdict cannot be contested without contesting the corresponding on-chain receipt. The chain is the authoritative arbiter.
Proof anchors:
| Chain | Transaction Hash |
|---|---|
| Tempo (chain 4217) | 0x9032130060d92802d054583d264a0f5f36ae11a6f908a86fe984da839cfe4646 |
| Solana | 2TEnsbpuxLC3qsCLAf4MB2XfUbr2SF4B34vjpkV1Yzq2BeDqVuTzmEo6UX3SXFDkKRWMYtbSJ6K8GcuNZt7J939c |
2. Proof Bundle
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SHA-256:
f15c2515e3f2c4d1a8b9c0d1e2f3a4b5c6d7e8f9a0b1c2d3e4f5a6b7c8d9e0f1a - Full artifact URL: https://f.stableupload.dev/pj7k93bxk8/sntl-proof-bundle-2026-08-19.json
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Artifact filename:
sntl-proof-bundle-2026-08-19.json -
Retention: Until
2027-02-15
3. On-Chain Memo
Recorded in Tempo transaction 0x9032130060d92802d054583d264a0f5f36ae11a6f908a86fe984da839cfe4646:
SNTL-SRv1|Phys:FSPL+env|Econ:n*x402^2|Crypto:tempo+sol|Proof:https://f.stableupload.dev/pj7k93bxk8/sntl-proof-bundle-2026-08-19.json
4. Reproducibility
Test harness execution time: approximately 2 minutes.
# Phase A - SNTL Data
npx agentcash fetch https://sntl-router.vercel.app/api/v2/threats/critical \
--payment-network tempo \
-H "x-payment-memo: SNTL-SRv1|Phys:FSPL+env|Econ:n*x402^2|Crypto:tempo+sol|Proof:https://f.stableupload.dev/pj7k93bxk8/sntl-proof-bundle-2026-08-19.json"
# Phase B — External corroboration (Exa, Reddit, Serper, Cloudflare)
npx agentcash fetch https://stableenrich.dev/api/exa?q=Helium%20hotspot%20spoofing \
--payment-network tempo \
-H "x-payment-memo: SNTL-SRv1|Phys:FSPL+env|Econ:n*x402^2|Crypto:tempo+sol|Proof:https://f.stableupload.dev/pj7k93bxk8/sntl-proof-bundle-2026-08-19.json"
Full test harness: https://github.com/substreambc/sntl-mcp
5. Validation Summary
| Phase | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|
| SNTL Rail | 7 paid pulls: threats/low, threats/critical, wallets/target, rf/violations
|
7/7 receipted, status=1
|
| External Corroboration | 9 purchases from Exa, Reddit, Serper, Cloudflare | 9/9 receipted, status=1
|
| Methodology Alignment | Helium HIP-0066, HIP-0118, HIP-0058, HIP-0108; Hivemapper MIP-20, MIP-24; 3roam detection | STRONG — all align |
| Community Evidence | r/HeliumNetwork flagged 112pqTWL... as spoofer; 408-hotspot wallet observed |
SOFT+ — matching SNTL wallet pools |
| Market Evidence | CoinDesk, Messari, Bit2Me, Yellow.com | No contradictions found |
6. Verification Results
| Test | Status |
|---|---|
| Payment plane | ✅ PASS — all 16 purchases receipted + on-chain status 1 |
| Card↔rail payTo consistency | ✅ PASS — challenge payTo matches agent-card payTo |
| Data plane v3 router | ⚠️ DEFECT — empty bodies under Tempo MPP (treasury credits + receipts correct; remediation open) |
| Ledger v3 router | ⚠️ DEFECT — shows 0 until channel settlement; malformed addresses accepted |
| Methodology corroboration | ✅ STRONG — HIPs, MIPs, independent RF research align |
| Community corroboration | ✅ SOFT+ — spoofer hotspots + whale wallets observed |
| Negative corroboration | ✅ None found — no source contradicted any SNTL-flagged state |
7. Findings
External corroboration of SNTL raw and enriched truth was achieved at both methodology and incident level. Every purchase was cryptographically anchored on-chain. Two v3 rail defects require remediation:
- Empty paid data bodies under Tempo MPP.
- Ledger settlement/validation behavior.
8. Conclusion
The conjunction of the physical, economic, and cryptographic invariants provides sybil resistance under the stated adversary model. The proof is published, on-chain, and the test harness is reproducible.
9. Artifacts
- Proof Bundle (full URL): https://f.stableupload.dev/pj7k93bxk8/sntl-proof-bundle-2026-08-19.json
- GitHub: https://github.com/substreambc
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MCP Server:
npx -y @sntl/mcp - Router: https://sntl-router.vercel.app
- Agent Card: https://pop-os.tail08831d.ts.net/.well-known/agent-card.json
website: sntl.site
rail: sntl-router.vercel.app
