# RFC 1010 (2026 Edition) ## Attributed Temporal Fact Hypergraph (ATFH) Storage Architecture & Storage-Mediated Admissibility Protocol (SMAP) * **RFC Number:** RFC-1010-2026 * **Category:** Standards Track / Sovereign Constitutional Specification * **Status:** Ratified Standard * **Authors:** TASK™ Architectural Assembly, Sovereign Context Cube Engineering Group, & HomeTree Consortium * **Date:** 2026-10-12 * **Governing Invariants:** Constitutional Invariants XIV, XLVI, and the Storage-Mediated Execution Control Doctrine * **Patent Family Grounding:** Patent Family XIV (ATFH™) & Families XI–XIII --- ### 1. Abstract This specification defines **RFC-1010-2026**, establishing the formal wire protocol, storage schema, and execution interlock semantics for the **Attributed Temporal Fact Hypergraph™ (ATFH)** and the **Storage-Mediated Admissibility Protocol (SMAP)**. RFC-1010-2026 replaces traditional binary entity-to-entity edge topologies ($E_1 \xrightarrow{edge} E_2$) with an epistemic hypergraph model where relationships are mediated strictly through first-class, content-addressed **Claim-Cluster Objects** ($E_1 \longleftrightarrow C \longleftrightarrow E_2$). Each claim-cluster object encapsulates immutable cryptographic evidence references, independent verifier attestations, temporal validity epoch windows, and dynamic epistemic confidence parameters. Execution authorization within the TASK™ sovereign infrastructure is decoupled from heuristic decision evaluation: candidate decision objects are held in a non-executable physical memory state ($S_{\text{inert}}$). Transition to an executable state ($S_{\text{active}}$) occurs strictly responsive to an admissibility determination computed via threshold-constrained shortest-path traversal across the ATFH storage substrate. --- ### 2. Status of This Memo This memo defines a unified standard for distributed autonomous agent swarms, high-frequency execution nodes, institutional governance ledgers, and cognitive graph databases. Conformance with RFC-1010-2026 is mandatory across all Predator.run, HomeTree, Spacebook, and Apex1 execution pipelines. --- ### 3. Architectural Principles & Separation of Concerns ``` [ PHYSICAL STORAGE SUBSTRATE ] │ ┌────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ +───────────────+ +───────────────+ +──────────────────+ | Tier 1 (CAS) | | Tier 3 Ledger | | Tier 4 Topology | | Immutable | | Monotonic | | ATFH Hypergraph | | Evidence | | Epoch Clock | | Claim-Clusters | +───────┬───────+ +───────┬───────+ +─────────┬────────+ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────┘ ▼ +──────────────────────────────+ | ADMISSIBILITY ENGINE | | Threshold-Constrained Search | | Dijkstra / A* | +──────────────┬───────────────+ │ ▼ +──────────────────────────────+ | EXECUTION INTERLOCK | | Memory-Resident Gating | | S_inert ──► S_active | +──────────────────────────────+ ``` RFC-1010-2026 enforces a five-tier physical storage hierarchy: 1. **Tier 0 (Execution State Interlock):** Volatile CPU cache and kernel memory registers tracking payload execution state ($\Phi \in \{S_{\text{inert}}, S_{\text{active}}\}$). 2. **Tier 1 (Immutable Evidence Substrate):** Content-Addressed Storage (CAS) archiving raw telemetry, Merkle trees, audit events, and execution signatures. 3. **Tier 2 (Cryptographic Lineage Tensor):** The 128-bit 5D-ASP continuous coordinate manifold addressing spacetime state with reversible Base-27 Saevcodes. 4. **Tier 3 (Temporal Ledger & Epoch Index):** Append-only monotonic epoch logs tracking block timestamps, attestation deadlines, and expiration vectors. 5. **Tier 4 (ATFH Topology Engine):** Directed hypergraph database indexing claim-cluster intermediaries and entity relationships. --- ### 4. Claim-Cluster Object Binary Schema (Wire & Storage Format) Every claim-cluster object $C$ is uniquely identified by a 256-bit cryptographic digest ($H(C)$) and formatted according to the following 128-byte aligned binary wire layout: ``` 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Magic: 0x41544648 | (ASCII "ATFH") +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Version | Flags | Reserved | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | + Subject Entity UUID + | (128 bits) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | + Object Entity UUID + | (128 bits) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Epistemic Confidence (IEEE-754 f64) | | Range: [0.0, 1.0] | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Creation Epoch (u64 Nanoseconds) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Expiration Epoch (u64 Nanoseconds) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Cumulative Verifier Weight (IEEE-754 f64) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | + Evidence Root Digest (SHA-256) + | (256 bits) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | | + Attestation Quorum Digest + | (256 bits) | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ``` #### Field Specifications: * **Magic (32 bits):** Constant `0x41544648` identifying valid RFC-1010 frame. * **Subject / Object Entity UUIDs (128 bits each):** Unique identifiers of the terminal entities linked by the claim. * **Confidence ($C \in [0.0, 1.0]$):** Epistemic probability weight derived from empirical evidence. * **Creation / Expiration Epochs:** Monotonic hardware timestamps defining the temporal validity envelope $[t_{\text{created}}, t_{\text{expiry}}]$. If $t_{\text{current}} > t_{\text{expiry}}$, the claim is rejected during graph traversal without evaluation. * **Evidence Root Digest:** Merkle root of all supporting documents, sensor logs, or on-chain transaction receipts in CAS. * **Attestation Quorum Digest:** Merkle root or aggregate BLS signature verifying multi-party node consensus. --- ### 5. Threshold-Constrained Admissibility Pathfinding #### 5.1 Trust-Distance Cost Function Edges between Entity nodes and Claim Clusters are assigned non-Euclidean computational weights governed by the logarithmic confidence and linear decay equation: $$d(c) = -\ln(\text{confidence}(c)) + \alpha \cdot (t_{\text{current}} - t_{\text{created}})$$ where: * $\text{confidence}(c) \in (0.0, 1.0]$ (clamped to $\epsilon = 10^{-6}$ to prevent division by zero). * $\alpha \ge 0$ is the temporal decay coefficient (default: $0.05 \text{ epoch}^{-1}$). * $d(c) \to 0$ for freshly attested, 100% confident claims. * $d(c) \to \infty$ as confidence degrades or age accumulates. #### 5.2 Dynamic In-Traversal Pruning Rules During shortest-path traversal (Dijkstra or A* heuristic search), a path branch is immediately pruned if any of the following boundary conditions are violated: 1. **Temporal Expiration Invariant:** $$t_{\text{current}} > t_{\text{expiry}} \implies \text{PRUNE}$$ 2. **Confidence Floor Invariant:** $$\text{confidence}(c) < C_{\text{min}} \implies \text{PRUNE}$$ *(where $C_{\text{min}}$ is dynamically set by the target entity's operational risk tier)*. 3. **Verifier Quorum Invariant:** $$W_{\text{verifier}}(c) < W_{\text{required}} \implies \text{PRUNE}$$ 4. **Path Cost Hurdle Invariant:** $$\sum_{c \in \text{Path}} d(c) > D_{\text{max}} \implies \text{REJECT}$$ --- ### 6. Physical Machine-State Interlock Protocol #### 6.1 State Machine Specification ``` Execution Request Received │ ▼ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ Non-Executable (S_inert) │ ◄──┐ │ Zero-Execution Sandbox │ │ No Admissible └─────────────┬─────────────┘ │ Path Found │ │ Evaluate ATFH Traversal │ │ │ Admissible Path Confirmed? │ │ │ │ Yes No ────────┘ ▼ Generate Execution Authorization Token (T_exec) │ ▼ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ Executable (S_active) │ │ Hardware Register Latch │ └─────────────┬─────────────┘ │ Dispatch Execution ``` 1. **State Isolation ($S_{\text{inert}}$):** Candidate execution instructions (e.g., smart contract calldata, autonomous actuator commands, trading orders) are staged in isolated RAM buffers marked `PROT_READ` only. 2. **Admissibility Verification:** The admissibility computation engine executes the threshold-constrained Dijkstra algorithm across the ATFH topology. 3. **Token Issuance:** Upon finding a path where $\sum d(c) \le D_{\text{max}}$, the engine synthesizes an immutable **Execution Authorization Token** ($T_{\text{exec}}$) signed by the cluster enclave key. 4. **State Transition ($S_{\text{active}}$):** The physical memory management unit updates the memory page permissions to `PROT_EXEC` / `PROT_WRITE`, transitioning the payload to $S_{\text{active}}$ for immediate execution. 5. **Fail-Closed Guarantee:** If no path satisfies all quorum, confidence, and temporal constraints, the candidate payload remains in $S_{\text{inert}}$ and is purged upon timeout ($60\text{s}$). --- ### 7. JSON-RPC & MCP Protocol Primitives #### 7.1 Method: `atfh_evaluateAdmissibility` Request: ```json { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1010, "method": "atfh_evaluateAdmissibility", "params": { "origin_entity_id": "urn:uuid:8b3e5124-747f-445a-a309-c1fa1860d5b7", "target_entity_id": "urn:uuid:0f000c7d-b9fe-93a0-4b85-b51fa4074fb6", "max_trust_distance": 2.50, "min_confidence": 0.85, "current_epoch": 1728765400000000000 } } ``` Response (Admissible): ```json { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1010, "result": { "admissible": true, "accumulated_trust_distance": 0.4218, "path_length": 3, "traversed_claims": [ "0x89f4b321...", "0x42ac7819..." ], "execution_token": { "token_id": "0x5d91e0a2...", "valid_until_epoch": 1728765460000000000, "merkle_root": "0x11223344...", "enclave_signature": "0xabcdef..." }, "state_transition": "S_inert -> S_active" } } ``` --- ### 8. Security & Statutory Patent Compliance (35 U.S.C. § 101) RFC-1010-2026 establishes an irrebuttable technical contribution under global patent standards: 1. **Concrete Computer System Improvement:** It improves computer database storage and distributed execution gating by establishing an epistemic hypergraph layer directly coupled to hardware execution state registers. 2. **Preemption of Abstract Manipulation:** By anchoring relationship discovery into content-addressed claim objects and mathematical cost functions ($-\ln(C) + \alpha \Delta t$), the protocol operates solely upon concrete machine parameters rather than subjective human policy. 3. **Fail-Closed Execution Gating:** Unauthorized transitions to $S_{\text{active}}$ are prevented by cryptographic and topological proof requirements, providing a resilient machine-level defense against rogue autonomous agent mutations. --- ### 9. References & Normative Standards * **RFC 0024:** Spacebook Protocol v3.2 — HomeTree & The Graph-of-Reality Substrate. * **RFC 0035:** HomeTree Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server Specification. * **U.S. Patent Application Family XIV (ATFH™):** Claims 1–69 (Method, System, CRM, Storage Architecture). * **35 U.S.C. § 101:** Statutory Patent Eligibility Guidelines (*Enfish*, *Finjan*, *Ancora*). * **FIPS PUB 180-4:** Secure Hash Standard (SHA-256).