{
 "$schema": "eden-book-provenance-v1",
 "principle": "What is verifiable about the book, from which date, by which mechanism; stated before anyone asks. Each row names its verification route. The register grows as anchors land; it never claims a mechanism before the mechanism exists.",
 "as_of": "2026-08-27",
 "artefact": {
  "title": "Infinite Architects",
  "isbn": "978-1806056200",
  "edition_rule": "first edition text as printed; the interior's own date line is a production error, kept as printed (print run 2 January 2026 per the author's production record and the print artefact chain)"
 },
 "mechanisms": [
  {
   "mechanism": "public repository history",
   "verifiable_from": "12-13 January 2026",
   "detail": "The print-interior PDF entered the public repository on 12 January 2026 and has been unchanged since 13 January; the Apple and Generic ebook builds committed 17 January 2026, unchanged since. Any later alteration would show in the public commit history that hundreds of subsequent commits chain onto.",
   "verify": "git log --follow on the artefact paths; hashes: source PDF 432d9ac58b77c4da..., navigable copy d795560a5cc3d529..."
  },
  {
   "mechanism": "scholarly deposit",
   "verifiable_from": "27 August 2026",
   "detail": "Both labelled artefacts deposited publicly on OSF (component dqm3e) under the programme project, readback-hash-verified at upload; rights reserved, no open licence.",
   "verify": "https://osf.io/dqm3e/"
  },
  {
   "mechanism": "OpenTimestamps anchoring",
   "verifiable_from": "pending the next vintage batch",
   "detail": "The book-file hashes are queued for the next OpenTimestamps batch (operator-held stamp); from that day every copy is Bitcoin-anchored. Anchoring proves the bytes unedited since the vintage; it never claims the earlier dates, which rest on the mechanisms above.",
   "verify": "receipts publish beside the estate's existing vintage records when stamped"
  },
  {
   "mechanism": "legal deposit (British Library)",
   "verifiable_from": "pending the operator's deposit",
   "detail": "The institutional held-copy of the first edition; preparation pack ready, send operator-held.",
   "verify": "BL catalogue entry once deposited"
  },
  {
   "mechanism": "physical print copies",
   "verifiable_from": "2 January 2026",
   "detail": "The print run itself; printed copies in circulation carry the text as printed.",
   "verify": "any physical first-edition copy against the published record"
  }
 ],
 "ebook_version_line": [
  {
   "version": "v1.0",
   "date": "6 January 2026",
   "note": "ebook release (interior date line)"
  },
  {
   "version": "v1.1",
   "date": "17 January 2026",
   "note": "factual corrections (operator-attested 26 August 2026: the live store copy is this build); the +366-word delta vs the 6 January build is recorded in the divergence ledger"
  },
  {
   "rule": "any future change ships as a numbered, dated, changelogged revision committed to the repository the same day; substantive rework becomes the labelled second edition with a new ISBN; never a silent update"
  }
 ]
}