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Register 12 · Cryptography primitives.

twelve marks · the evidence record's actual machinery · same construction · 200×200 · integer geometry · currentColor + brass-deep · 12 marks · one of the 17 registers on the Backstaff.

This register is one face of the Backstaff evidence system — the held instrument that holds the Astrolabe measurement engine, maps compliance controls, and engraves every evidence record into a register of record. The full reference library lives at /corpus; the alphabetical view at /corpus/glossary; the operator view at /corpus/switchboard.

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Marks.

12 source marks in this register.
SHA-256 digest#01 · atom

collapsing variable input to a fixed 64-char hash

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twisted-curve signature primitive

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Merkle root#03 · atom

the single brass node atop the tree

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Inclusion proof#04 · atom

path from one leaf to the root

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CID#05 · atom

content identifier · multihash with code prefix

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Hash chain#06 · atom

each block carries the previous block's hash

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Public key#07 · atom

open teeth · meant to be shared

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Private key#08 · atom

sealed teeth · never leaves the holder

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Nonce#09 · atom

a number used once · single-use entropy

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clock face + a signature mark

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Base32#11 · atom

alphanumeric encoding · 5-bit chunks

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addressed by what it is, not where it lives

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