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  "entry": {
    "seq": 25,
    "at": "2026-10-24T03:44:25.685Z",
    "type": "policy.stage",
    "subject": "rightshold-production",
    "payload": {
      "cohort_stage": 1,
      "effect": "the policy stage in force for new referral cohorts, work-pay caps and discretionary spending; existing cohorts, vested claims and the free-forever checks are unaffected",
      "from_stage": null,
      "reverted": false,
      "stage_name": "Free Proof",
      "to_stage": 0
    },
    "payload_hash": "44bcaf216fdbd3fb845fc829604debc49701d7d698745df636bcb7edd5d79e96",
    "leaf_hash": "e013bdc367ebb656c3a6cc6cbc0ef1f15121a40c6564ce44a630d567ec814c7b",
    "block_height": 23,
    "texts": {},
    "data": {
      "cohort_stage": 1,
      "effect": "the policy stage in force for new referral cohorts, work-pay caps and discretionary spending; existing cohorts, vested claims and the free-forever checks are unaffected",
      "from_stage": null,
      "reverted": false,
      "stage_name": "Free Proof",
      "to_stage": 0
    }
  },
  "status": "sealed",
  "block": {
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    "height": 23,
    "prev_hash": "b735d80077920c3affe2e0aa607b7bfe56c9e0c419516f4c7159cb4cc1d81ad5",
    "merkle_root": "e013bdc367ebb656c3a6cc6cbc0ef1f15121a40c6564ce44a630d567ec814c7b",
    "first_seq": 25,
    "last_seq": 25,
    "entry_count": 1,
    "at": "2026-10-24T03:44:55.982Z",
    "key_id": "key_41eb7b6d1b11968a",
    "block_hash": "86179368de786069e73853562a18956f95a72bf87f662db1906fa86c5ab2235a",
    "signature": "tS4pruvI7ElF7PlcB4H+klvpuZwPh0mo/qheeoOaD1lJ8a3U/SwJnznoWaMWUDDvjFfT22vdsRPgCPnhDDd/Bg==",
    "public_key_pem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMCowBQYDK2VwAyEAEYWJAvPDwdwiByA4ucuPBAV0jLWwXGgtbZqbyrLNMiM=\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n"
  },
  "proof": {
    "leaf_hash": "e013bdc367ebb656c3a6cc6cbc0ef1f15121a40c6564ce44a630d567ec814c7b",
    "index": 0,
    "path": [],
    "merkle_root": "e013bdc367ebb656c3a6cc6cbc0ef1f15121a40c6564ce44a630d567ec814c7b",
    "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)."
  },
  "finality": {
    "state": "bitcoin-anchored",
    "final": false,
    "witnesses": 0,
    "witnesses_confirmed_unaffiliated": 0,
    "witnesses_total": 0,
    "required": 2,
    "finalized_through": null,
    "bitcoin": {
      "anchored": true,
      "block_height": 972873,
      "confirmed_through": 1457
    },
    "states": [
      "recorded",
      "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."
  }
}