# Anti-Cheating

Several protocol-level rules protect the network from extraction.

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## Protection Mechanisms

### 12-Hour License NFT Unstake Cooldown

Once unstaked, a License NFT cannot be re-staked elsewhere for **12 hours**. This prevents holders from constantly hopping between nodes to chase reward windows and protects glasses-holder stability.

### Device Inactivity Freeze

A device that stays offline beyond a configurable threshold enters a **freeze penalty period**. While frozen, the device cannot accept new License NFT stakes or earn rewards. The offline threshold and freeze duration are governable parameters.

### No Mining Without a License NFT

A glasses node with zero staked License NFTs earns **nothing** in any epoch.

### Stake-Without-Data Penalty

A device with staked License NFTs but **no submitted data** in an epoch earns zero, even if its capacity is full. License NFT holders are incentivized to stake to operators who actually wear the glasses.

### Sample-Audit Slashing

Devices flagged in random PoSi audits enter a **probation period** with a reduced reward multiplier. Repeat offenders are blacklisted from the network.

### Geographic Decay

The geographic weight in the score function naturally **throttles over-mined hexes**, so coordinated farming in a single area is self-defeating.

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All thresholds, multipliers, and durations are initial parameters governable via [CIPs](file:///0129295/governance/cips.md).
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