Block 07 Statement
This entry defines how trust is preserved across continuity transitions through reference integrity and ordered dependency.
Trust is not asserted.
It is inherited through an unbroken chain.
Trust Chain Definition
A Trust Chain is the ordered dependency path by which authority, reference, and validation are inherited from prior states.
- Trust chains are structural, not reputational.
- Trust cannot be created downstream.
- Trust may only be inherited from valid prior nodes.
Reference Integrity Rule
All references used to validate a state or transition must:
- originate from admissible prior states,
- remain unchanged through sequence,
- be traceable through the declared route.
Broken or substituted references invalidate trust.
Chain Preservation Requirement
For any admissible transition:
- the trust chain must remain continuous,
- no reference may be skipped, replaced, or retroactively inserted,
- the full dependency path must be reconstructable.
Loss of chain continuity invalidates the transition.
Authority Constraint
Downstream blocks may not:
- redefine upstream references,
- elevate local validation to global authority,
- override inherited trust.
Authority flows only forward, never sideways or backward.
Scope of Authority
This block governs:
- reference usage,
- authority inheritance,
- trust validation across transitions.
It does not:
- redefine coherence (Block 06),
- assert proof (Block 02),
- override invariants (Constitution).
Immutability Clause
This Block 07 entry is immutable once posted.
Any refinement must be introduced as a new Block 07 entry with a higher sequence number.
Closure
This entry establishes trust as a consequence of preserved reference integrity across sequence, not as a declared property.
