Society · Protocols
RootHashGossip
Path-verified information spreading
Definition
Mechanism
Information spreads like mycelium. Every agent re-transmitting a fact appends their signature to a 'root path'. Receivers trust the data based on the reputation of the path taken, not just the source. Allows filtering out gossip from 'bad neighborhoods'.
Preconditions
- Msg has valid initial signature
Postconditions
- Msg added to local store with Path appended
Invariants
- Loop Free: Path must not contain duplicate AgentIDs
- Path Verify: Hash(Path + Msg) must match Signature
Risks
Failure modes
Path explosion (metadata overhead).
Relationships
Builds on
References
Infrastructure
Repeated execution cycle
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
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