Gravit Epistemic Verification Protocol (GEVP)
draft-gravit-gevp-06

Individual Submission                                        A. Konviser
Internet-Draft                                       Gravit Open Network
Intended status: Informational                             5 August 2026
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             Gravit Epistemic Verification Protocol (GEVP)
                          draft-gravit-gevp-06

Abstract

   GEVP defines minimal protocol for epistemic convergence.  Renamed
   from VCP to avoid collision with draft-kamimura-scitt-vcp.  Invariant
   C_manip > C_val*2.0 as engineering heuristic.  Theta 0.73 RECOMMENDED
   pinned 7755f53.  Architecture stable per
   https://github.com/GravitOpenNetwork/gravit-canon.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  Epistemic State Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   4.  Protocol Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   5.  Persistence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   7.  Privacy Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   9.  Implementation Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   10. Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   Appendix A.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3

1.  Introduction

   Gravit open network for verifiable knowledge transformations.
   Stable.  Future is implementations.

   GEVP defines ESM RAW->VALIDATED->VERIFIED->COMMITTED, verification
   types, persistence MAY Ledger IPFS GSS DB Archive, bindings separate.

2.  Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

   Invariant C_manip > C_val*2.0 measurement.

3.  Epistemic State Machine

   States RAW VALIDATED VERIFIED COMMITTED explicit logged.

4.  Protocol Data Types

   Artifact id hash SHA3-256 claim provenance signatures optional.
   Record artifact-id verifier-id theta 0.73 result timestamp.
   Convergence h>0.7 f<0.3.

5.  Persistence

   MAY not MUST.  Ledger IPFS GSS DB Archive.

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6.  Security Considerations

   Replay hash nonce.  Sybil cost model.  No PII.  Signatures OPTIONAL.

7.  Privacy Considerations

   Content MAY encrypted, provenance MAY redacted.

8.  IANA Considerations

   No IANA actions.

9.  Implementation Status

   MVR 0.1.0-mvr https://github.com/GravitOpenNetwork/gravit-canon SHA
   7755f53 TPR 93.4 FPR 0.4 theta 0.73 RECOMMENDED.

10.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", May 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

Appendix A.  Acknowledgments

   Contributors Canon Final v1.1

Author's Address

   Alex Konviser
   Gravit Open Network
   Email: ietf@gravit.space

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