{
  "kind": "csoai.root-witness-pointer/v0",
  "as_of": "2026-09-06T04:54:04Z",
  "note": "Timestamped pointer for the witnessed root. Drift is an observation at checked_at, not a standing all-clear. Existence/time of bytes \u2014 not certification, not endorsement, not a rank sale. Never mint a token.",
  "live_root": {
    "url": "https://councilof.ai/root.json",
    "also": "https://councilof.ai/api/root",
    "sha256": "e02c41de13a6c9e64b43cb26e3febea27d98cb0652ad8bfb429a49b41c4989a6",
    "bytes": 14446,
    "merkle_root": "e05a0fc13d927cccb87833319c9fb4c1415155eecd861906044df4e2413b9031",
    "card_count": 166,
    "as_of": "2026-09-06T04:29:27Z"
  },
  "corpus_scope": {
    "relationship": "SEPARATE_CORPORA",
    "public_root_count": 166,
    "public_root_sha256": "e02c41de13a6c9e64b43cb26e3febea27d98cb0652ad8bfb429a49b41c4989a6",
    "signed_card_count": 335,
    "signed_card_id_overlap": 0,
    "ots_covers": "PUBLIC_ROOT_BYTES_ONLY",
    "note": "The 166 public-root leaves and 335 separately indexed signed cards are separate corpora with 0 identifier overlap. This root and its OTS proof do not anchor the signed-card index."
  },
  "witness_sidecar": {
    "url": "https://councilof.ai/interop/root-witness-latest.json",
    "path": "public/interop/root-witness-latest.json",
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "dated_copy": "public/interop/root-witness-2026-09-06-e02c41de.json"
  },
  "drift": {
    "status": "MATCH",
    "checked_at": "2026-09-06T04:54:04Z",
    "checked_against": "https://councilof.ai/root.json",
    "witness_artifact_sha256": "e02c41de13a6c9e64b43cb26e3febea27d98cb0652ad8bfb429a49b41c4989a6",
    "live_root_sha256": "e02c41de13a6c9e64b43cb26e3febea27d98cb0652ad8bfb429a49b41c4989a6",
    "witness_artifact_merkle_root": "e05a0fc13d927cccb87833319c9fb4c1415155eecd861906044df4e2413b9031",
    "live_root_merkle_root": "e05a0fc13d927cccb87833319c9fb4c1415155eecd861906044df4e2413b9031",
    "live_root_bytes": 14446,
    "match_sha256": true,
    "match_merkle_root": true,
    "reason": "live root.json bytes and merkle_root equal the witnessed artifact (e02c41de / e05a0fc1); MATCH is an observation at checked_at, not a standing all-clear \u2014 re-check before treating as current",
    "history": [
      {
        "status": "DRIFTED",
        "checked_at": "2026-09-06T04:29:35Z",
        "live_root_sha256": "abc7e8a59ebad0f34acfdcafa75f28f9e45e2c7e0aa880438a645f6cb4ca4e4c",
        "witness_artifact_sha256": "e02c41de13a6c9e64b43cb26e3febea27d98cb0652ad8bfb429a49b41c4989a6",
        "note": "historical DRIFTED observation retained when pointer refreshed to MATCH"
      }
    ]
  },
  "witness_status_observed_at": "2026-09-06T04:29:33Z",
  "witnesses": {
    "rekor": "WITNESSED",
    "ots": "STAMPED_PENDING_BITCOIN",
    "eas_base": "NOT_YET",
    "xrpl_memo": "NOT_YET"
  },
  "hard_stops": [
    "Do not invent an .ots file or fake Rekor UUID for current live root.",
    "Do not claim the published OTS/Rekor verify current live root bytes.",
    "Do not modify signed public/root.json in this PR."
  ],
  "conflict": {
    "status": "NONE",
    "rule": "equal as_of + unequal merkle_root among this publisher's witnessed roots = CONFLICT; a reader must treat neither as current",
    "as_of": "2026-09-06T04:29:27Z",
    "merkle_root": "e05a0fc13d927cccb87833319c9fb4c1415155eecd861906044df4e2413b9031",
    "sidecars_scanned": 15,
    "conflicts": [],
    "byte_variants": [],
    "limit": "sees only roots this publisher witnessed and kept; independent witnesses cover the hidden-root case"
  }
}