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  "entry": {
    "seq": 23,
    "at": "2026-10-24T02:49:02.441Z",
    "type": "policy.cost_guard",
    "subject": "rightshold-production",
    "payload": {
      "effect": "breaker state for the free surface: quotas and heavy gates follow the published cost-guard policy; basic checks are unaffected in every state",
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      "projected_usd": 2.595427659595541,
      "reasons": [],
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        "red": 40,
        "yellow": 15
      },
      "to_state": "green"
    },
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    "leaf_hash": "964a5dc4235b01d9562b30689ded9ed5157deea7e84701ac548515dd2af8901d",
    "block_height": 21,
    "texts": {},
    "data": {
      "effect": "breaker state for the free surface: quotas and heavy gates follow the published cost-guard policy; basic checks are unaffected in every state",
      "from_state": null,
      "projected_usd": 2.595427659595541,
      "reasons": [],
      "thresholds_usd": {
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        "red": 40,
        "yellow": 15
      },
      "to_state": "green"
    }
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    "merkle_root": "964a5dc4235b01d9562b30689ded9ed5157deea7e84701ac548515dd2af8901d",
    "first_seq": 23,
    "last_seq": 23,
    "entry_count": 1,
    "at": "2026-10-24T02:49:44.257Z",
    "key_id": "key_41eb7b6d1b11968a",
    "block_hash": "99f56bdd0b27dbb75314ddbf2f60ab57435cfe5460f3501a701f026b2d94d16b",
    "signature": "uFKqGcDyvfcBMFT1GWyZ5kt5UEMT/zikHkXhSt5xwD4D2CUBzTpNn0RT0wETeHTr9vRIhoI1B/60pszp9yX5Dg==",
    "public_key_pem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEYWJAvPDwdwiByA4ucuPBAV0jLWwXGgtbZqbyrLNMiM=\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
  },
  "proof": {
    "leaf_hash": "964a5dc4235b01d9562b30689ded9ed5157deea7e84701ac548515dd2af8901d",
    "index": 0,
    "path": [],
    "merkle_root": "964a5dc4235b01d9562b30689ded9ed5157deea7e84701ac548515dd2af8901d",
    "how_to_verify": "payload_hash = sha256(canonical(payload)); leaf = sha256('leaf:' + canonical({seq, at, type, subject, payload_hash})); fold the path (R: sha256('node:' + acc + hash), L: sha256('node:' + hash + acc)) to merkle_root; verify the Ed25519 signature over canonical(block header)."
  },
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    "final": false,
    "witnesses": 0,
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    "witnesses_total": 0,
    "required": 2,
    "finalized_through": null,
    "bitcoin": {
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      "block_height": 972865,
      "confirmed_through": 1497
    },
    "states": [
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      "sealed",
      "bitcoin-anchored",
      "witness-quorum",
      "final"
    ],
    "rule": "States climb recorded -> sealed -> bitcoin-anchored -> witness-quorum -> final. A block is final only once its hash is confirmed in Bitcoin AND 2 confirmed-unaffiliated witnesses on distinct registrable domains with distinct keys have cosigned it or any later block; each header commits to every earlier block. Cosignatures from affiliated, unconfirmed, pending or challenged witnesses are public evidence but never count toward quorum."
  }
}