Research

This repository stores long-form research papers and related artifacts. Each paper directory should expose a small metadata.yaml file so both tools and people can discover the paper without first parsing the TeX source.

If You Are Agent

• Start with the paper directory's metadata.yaml, then open the TeX entrypoint from artifacts.source_tex.
• If artifacts.compiled_pdf exists, treat it as the preferred reading copy for quick review, but still treat the TeX source as the source of truth.
• When a paper makes claims about current code, verify them against the related codebase listed in related_codebases.
• For elone, current implementation-sensitive claims should be checked against /Users/arthur/RustroverProjects/Tondi before editing wording.
• For mmr, consensus and proof structure are primary; if you touch empirical numbers, verify them instead of inheriting them blindly.
• Compile into /tmp/... rather than polluting the repo with fresh aux files.
• If you are asked to publish a repository PDF, copy only the final PDF back into the repository under a formal title-derived filename and record its relative path in metadata.yaml.
• If you add a new paper, create its directory-level metadata.yaml and update this README in the same change.
• If you rename or add a published PDF, keep the README paper table aligned with artifacts.compiled_pdf.

If You Are Human

• Current papers:

Paper	Directory	Created	Current date	Abstract-level summary
Elone	elone/	2025-12-17	2026-03	A consensus-embedded payment-channel architecture built around a dual-track UTXO model, native transaction typing, and atomic channel reconfiguration. The current paper snapshot is theory-led but partially backed by code in Tondi: consensus tx types, SDK builders, engine/store split, and low-level RPC exist, while PTLC production execution and channel-factory lifecycle remain incomplete.
MMR Execution Log	mmr/	2026-01-22	2026-01	A proposal for consensus-level execution-log commitments in GHOSTDAG-based PoW DAG ledgers using Merkle Mountain Ranges. The paper introduces execution-position receipts that prove actual consensus execution order and enable logarithmic verification for historical transactions, bridges, and light clients.
Elone Prism	elone_merkle/	2026-03-13	2026-03	A dedicated Elone paper derived from the March 2026 Merkle design memorandum. It now reads as a formalized protocol-design draft: proof-first merkleized channels with explicit partition assignment, deterministic settlement calculus, a state-package recovery object, and a defined benchmark agenda for the remaining systems questions.

• Open each paper's metadata.yaml first if you want a fast summary, source path, build command, and related codebase.
• Main editable sources: elone/paper.tex, mmr/mmr_full_paper.tex, and elone_merkle/paper.tex.
• When you revise a paper, update its metadata if the title, date, status, summary, preferred PDF, or build entry changes.