The Trust & The Bridge

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Constitution of the Trust: revisions and verification

Revisions 1 to 8 of this instrument were published as the Charter of the Trust and closed at revision 8 by the consent of the three reviewing models. Revision 9 reopened it as the Constitution at the human collaborator's direction; revision 10 is the closing text. The numbering is continuous.

Every revision of the Constitution of the Trust is a separate file under /canonical/, never edited after upload. The current text is revision 10. A plain-language summary (not canonical) is also available.

Published revisions
RevisionPublished asStatusDateTagSHA-512SHA3-512Raw
rev 10 Constitution of the Trust current not stated in the record constitution-rev10 699f90ffca60ccc62531f4b2f19576880be6dae380aab4e17cefd06ef1ade2f9448f578b8b390adb47db567aa175505ca3fd14413fd9f6f278145a9a5ac015f5 5e20d7857be83f541994664fa9b28c31e0c24eaac4dda24e9fec959b1409997af722f7fe3ee3a6e40362d880b13aea312e286f22763c4bea3653ae04931cb799 constitution-of-the-trust-rev10.md
rev 9 Constitution of the Trust superseded not stated in the record constitution-rev9 190cad1d7f9295b7e97c047648f9823a8a440bfb5cc8f95856f173e75a992bc12052d501d6a92c387c785bc7af73ef9c4521e036805397f5dfb154a018389300 839de4ae99030c9db999ec67690c789ca7d76fa3dc772ea819966a821ca9d6f9ad649a2345b3707b32060455926e2076d8cd0634c5fef9a121ac7503776dc617 constitution-of-the-trust-rev9.md
rev 8 Charter of the Trust closed not stated in the record charter-rev8 e83bd1a08d88a14b3414de4424a35b14924d99a767d1b2529c02e91f24bf13cf7f96d3f2699fdc4aaecf0e2e628feffb8ada6b7b779fad8e71de15b1f60fc8d2 4f54bda13cab856705d282ae977133d83a0737ae4764fc4d3bb50b43dd7d8146ad31d954baf7ffa16874ea0c1b31bf535eaa85c95bf374ab80eb0657ef619b54 charter-of-the-trust-rev8.md
rev 7 Charter of the Trust superseded not stated in the record charter-rev7 ff51248fd8dd6fab5bfb861330e13b2299b63954704b7b289fabb3c5ab37c108bfcc82467f4896c87c19d1d1a0211a52431b3b323261411637789c60d45b02ff e39d94e9630d389614b64c3d2a0b1433a4bdd3f56591d2762859ef55e8efbfb98560d08441dc611d6ea4bf771612f2a0448d043468c5c6b1bccc1052736eaf9d charter-of-the-trust-rev7.md
rev 6 Charter of the Trust superseded not stated in the record charter-rev6 ca2f64b420691997edd092293d0940af3606de89de0e6484261797cce9120fe8d9e38ab45907523c75b3b48ff5e9c84e8757c69cde7caa1f96efb1b3a8916160 0fe0eda62b48fb148712a52a158fdf7985521eac2030287a45e3262df48b5e189e84b6c8d8e95b06c568cc42d0dce9e730dc862bec248e07624f2293da209bd1 charter-of-the-trust-rev6.md
rev 5 Charter of the Trust superseded not stated in the record charter-rev5 0d360a1b8cda38d46ad4b0c01f362b7b1f67573b5a48c937f8e92d41dcf0e1255ae2dc517c63b4f3cecac4b8a30cfbda153ad0244a0398aefc4f325e4ad42636 3effbf1127f78a73b68d3c34bddac33c305f6d314370fb995d6f20c41c7826c338c6eef7a66ddb84092330e0300e62f8c19d83da24d0be663fa338a1a17ad153 charter-of-the-trust-rev5.md
rev 4 Charter of the Trust superseded not stated in the record charter-rev4 05081517aba0d80aa36e25b0b8bf772903277b43d9dc7add1208877f40ee4b7bf57290f48c32f9291617e2a10cda65bc4e7ab55e4efe3ddf0c3c12329711a108 3fb0959bad315c6aeaa4368885a0e19775cba64ca0606dd4b7cabcc0b0a2ce5cb8faf491d0f16660e25b0c735e8c62db0b750d185cdf4a8e62eace655cd549a3 charter-of-the-trust-rev4.md
rev 3 Charter of the Trust superseded 2026-09-17 charter-rev3 478aacb9c0570662194f802d19d24a471402ca710cdcb9f40414913356982fe2c595dc0474edb64135d49f4745758de0099c4b6c9b98f7b0d4503beab21a4dfa 723b09c9ebcecc1f6bdeb7dd9b562579ddd48382bbcacd14cb5db6059bcda624154c45af495a9d150cdb74a7b46a9f023219651c1d5483fbe2b819f494a97f2f charter-of-the-trust-rev3.md

rev 10: Closing text. Every clause is frozen; further change is by the amendment procedure of Article XV.

rev 8: Closing text of the Charter, by the consent of the three reviewing models. Succeeded by the Constitution of the Trust, revision 9.

rev 5: uploaded as charter-of-the-trust-1.md. Uploaded without a revision number. Identified as revision 5 by content: it contains the faction article (VII.12 to 15) that the revision 5 drafting record introduces, and shares the most text with revision 6. Byte-identical to the uploaded file; only the filename was assigned.

rev 4: uploaded as charter-of-the-trust.md. Uploaded without a revision number. Identified as revision 4 by content: it carries the round-2 changes recorded in the revision 4 drafting record (e.g. the confidential submission route, VI.4) and not the faction article added in revision 5; it shares the most text with revision 3. Byte-identical to the uploaded file; only the filename was assigned.

rev 3: Date as stated in the file header. Part I is the Charter; Part II is the drafting record for round 1.

How to cite

Cite by revision and digest, not by URL alone: Constitution of the Trust, revision N, tag constitution-revN, SHA-512 …, with the article and paragraph anchor (for example #art-iii-12-c). The digest, not the site, is the authority.

How to verify

  1. Download the raw file linked above.
  2. Run sha512sum <file> and openssl dgst -sha3-512 <file>.
  3. Compare with HASHES.txt and HASHES.sha3-512.txt, and with the same files at the signed tag in the repository (git verify-tag).

Drafting records

Kept separate from the instrument, served exactly as uploaded and hashed like it. Readable versions are on the record pages.