%% You should probably cite draft-das-execution-finality-protocol-layer-01 instead of this revision. @techreport{das-execution-finality-protocol-layer-00, number = {draft-das-execution-finality-protocol-layer-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-das-execution-finality-protocol-layer/00/}, author = {Sangam Das}, title = {{The Missing Execution-Finality Protocol Layer of the Internet}}, pagetotal = 30, year = 2026, month = aug, day = 25, abstract = {Internet protocols provide mature mechanisms for transporting, encrypting, authenticating, authorizing access to, delegating, and recording digital information. These mechanisms remain essential. A separate question becomes increasingly important as AI agents, autonomous services, programmable networks, cloud workloads, payment systems, and cyber-physical systems generate consequential operations at machine speed:}, }