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Implements ledger#201 from the 2026-08-03 research sweep (169 papers; synthesis in perseus-flywheel at .hermes/paper-analysis/PERSEUS-FULL-SWEEP-2026-08-03-SYNTHESIS.md).

New docs/continuous-attestation.md formalizes the Dynamic Evidence Ledger:

  • Admission vs continuous attestation distinction (PDD, arXiv:2605.12981) — compliance is a sequence of recorded claims over monitorable behavior, not a one-time event.
  • Attestation block E_t = H(E_{t-1}, P, Iv, Rt, At, t) mapped onto Ledger's event fields (prev_hash, policy_version, model_config, evidence_hashes, action/result, timestamp).
  • Mechanical vs reasoning provenance as separate primitives (arXiv:2603.21692).
  • Typed attestations with replayable verify() — measurement/inference/analogy/citation (Pramana, arXiv:2605.20312).
  • CT-style independent auditability — signed tree heads, inclusion + consistency proofs (arXiv:2509.18415, Aegon arXiv:2604.06693), building on existing chain_checkpoints.
  • Violation -> repair context -> re-admission remediation loop (PDD).
  • Explicit non-claims: monitorable projection, not world guarantees; replayable is not reproducible.

README integrity section links the new doc. Documentation-only; no schema or API change.

Closes #201 when merged.

…201)

Implements ledger#201 from the 2026-08-03 research sweep. New
docs/continuous-attestation.md formalizes the Dynamic Evidence Ledger:

- admission vs continuous attestation distinction (PDD, arXiv:2605.12981)
- attestation block E_t = H(E_{t-1}, P, Iv, Rt, At, t) mapped to Ledger fields
- mechanical vs reasoning provenance as separate primitives (arXiv:2603.21692)
- typed attestations with replayable verify (Pramana, arXiv:2605.20312)
- CT-style independent auditability (arXiv:2509.18415, arXiv:2604.06693)
- violation → repair context → re-admission loop
- explicit non-claims: monitorable projection, not world guarantees

README integrity section links the new doc.
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