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**Status:** Stationary (v1.5.0)
**Normative Source:** Riverbraid-Core
**Verification:** `npm test`
**Authority:** 2-of-2 GPG Threshold
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Status: Stationary (v1.5.0) Normative Source: Riverbraid-Core Verification: npm test Authority: 2-of-2 GPG Threshold

O Riverbraid-Cognition

The Aperture

The cognitive architecture of the Riverbraid cluster.

Primary Invariants

• Meaning as Frequency: Meaning is the internal frequency required to successfully navigate environmental entropy.
• Fail-Closed: Any coupling between external noise and the internal core results in an immediate halt.
• Stationary State: All cognition is gated by the Merkle Root d4935e.

Verification

npm install
node verify.mjs
node test-aperture.mjs

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Part of the Riverbraid Constellation

A self-verifying integrity substrate anchored to stationary Merkle root de2062 (Sovereign layer adef13). Verification: node run-vectors.cjs verify