Mutations build on prior accepted changes
Improvements form chains — each link measurably extends a validated predecessor, not a random regeneration.
A chain compounds when a mutation builds on, and measurably improves, an already-validated change. Chain depth distribution published in the ledger.
- live chains
- 12
- longest chain
- 14
- chain abandon rate
- 9.1%
Open: long-horizon decay (chains > 20) is observed but the failure mode is not yet characterised.
Public summary & integrity check
Each public case study ships a summary dossier and a SHA-256 digest so you can confirm the bytes served here are the bytes you hash locally. This is a byte-integrity check, not a cryptographic signature. Full reproduction materials (protocol, controls, expected outputs) are access-controlled and released only to approved researchers through the Research Console.
# Recompute the public SHA-256 digest shasum -a 256 compounding.reprod.json # expected: … # Or verify against the published manifest shasum -a 256 -c compounding.SHA256SUMS
The SHA-256 digest above provides byte-integrity verification of the public summary dossier. Detached Ed25519 signing (over signed research bundles) and external notary co-signing are tracked separately in the Foundation evidence ledger. Full reproduction kits are not published here — request access via the Research Console.