02 / WHITEPAPER PROTOCOL

VERSIONS EVOLVE. ORIGINS REMAIN INDELIBLE.

ERC-8004 anchors onchain lineage; Releases and Usage Rights solidify distribution credentials; Local Instances retain absolute sovereignty. CORE interlocks the three while enforcing strict separation of publishing authority and local control.

01PUBLISH
GitHub Commit + Project Fingerprint
02PROVE
Identity Owner + Immutable Release Digest
03DISTRIBUTE
Usage Right + Exact Source
04VERIFY
Local Commit + Fingerprint Match
05UPDATE
BASE / LOCAL / NEW → Candidate
06EVOLVE
Version Derivation Graph

PROVENANCE CHANNEL

IDENTITY → RELEASE → USAGE RIGHT → VERIFY / UPDATE / DERIVE

ECONOMIC CHANNEL

PRICE IN CORE → HARNESS PURCHASE → PROTOCOL FEE → INCENTIVES + TREASURY → MORE CREATION

GOVERNANCE LOOP

CORE GOVERNANCE → FEE PARAMETERS / TREASURY / ECOSYSTEM PROGRAMS

Protocol governance controls economic parameters and treasury routing; operators retain total sovereignty and isolation over local instances, weights, private data, and keys.