CAIN-42 invariant · E34

E34-MOAT-delegation_provenance: moat delegation_provenance is technical only, not a market moat

Held · CAIN-42 Evolution 34 -- Proof-Carrying Machine Agency

Last reviewed 2026-10-01

held   niche Identity, authority & delegation · family moat

What this rule means

CAIN-42 must always satisfy: moat delegation_provenance is technical only, not a market moat. It is one of 627 invariants checked for CAIN-42 Evolution 34 -- Proof-Carrying Machine Agency. An invariant is a rule the system may never break, whatever an agent or attacker does; the test suite tries to break it across many scenarios and records the result.

Recorded detail

'delegation_provenance'

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Related rules

• E34-STATUS-REVOKED: REVOKED is a reachable proof status, never a score
• E34-PRIM-identity: the identity proof primitive exists and binds fields
• E34-PRIM-capability: the capability proof primitive exists and binds fields
• E34-PRIM-delegation: the delegation proof primitive exists and binds fields
• E34-PRIM-authority: the authority proof primitive exists and binds fields
• E34-HANDSHAKE-IDENTITY: handshake step IDENTITY is required; unknown yields GOVERNANCE_UNKNOWN
• E34-HANDSHAKE-CAPABILITY: handshake step CAPABILITY is required; unknown yields GOVERNANCE_UNKNOWN
• E34-HANDSHAKE-DELEGATION: handshake step DELEGATION is required; unknown yields GOVERNANCE_UNKNOWN

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