Lattice Technical Reference

The Lattice is an experimental peer-governed network where influence is derived from demonstrated contribution rather than token ownership or computational power.

This site documents what the engine implements today, what is specified next, and what remains experimental.

Engine checkpoint: 90d762a Branch: mesh-scaling-coldstart Repo: djsph001/lattice-node

Implemented

  • Peer networking and identity — src/network/
  • Hash-chain ledger — src/commit.rs
  • Receipt-gated economics — src/economics/
  • Thickness / provenance — src/ledger/thickness.rs
  • Witnessed claim verification — src/claims.rs
  • Deterministic sortition — src/sortition.rs
  • C7.2.2 consensus machinery — src/vote_guard.rs (harness stalls)

In development

  • Durable height/view consensus — C7.2.3-design.md
  • Authority certificate issuance — C7.3-authority-spec.md
  • Production authority anchoring — C7.3 §8.3

Conceptual

  • Cells beyond scaffold — src/cell/mod.rs
  • Standing / Attention — Institute protocol chapters 7 & 11
  • Shared Mycelium mechanisms (Thermal Handshake, Soil Consensus) — Institute /emergence/mycelium

Status taxonomy

Every technical claim on this site resolves to one of four statuses, each backed by a source pointer (a module path or a committed specification):

IMPLEMENTED  present in code at the referenced engine checkpoint and verified by its applicable tests.
SPECIFIED  a committed design or spec exists; not yet running code.
WIP  isolated branches only; never presented as landed.
CONCEPTUAL  public / Institute vocabulary with no engine correspondence.

Capability ≠ operational state. This site documents what the engine can do (capability) and never hardcodes a claim about what is live on the public network right now. A live-mesh figure, if ever shown, must come from telemetry — never from a static string.