MINT

git commit → pre-commit hook → magic commit <GOV> GIT (creates .idf, returns gradient + idf_id) → if gradient > 0: vault mint --user <USER> --amount <gradient> (MINT:WORK) → if gradient < 0: vault drift --user <USER> --amount <abs> (DEBIT:DRIFT) → if identity unresolved: WARN to stderr — LEDGER recorded, WALLET skipped

gradient = to_bits - from_bits MINT:WORK amount = gradient (when gradient > 0) DEBIT:DRIFT amount = abs(gradient) (when gradient < 0) gradient = 0 → no COIN minted (no marginal work)

The amount MUST be the delta (gradient), NOT the absolute score. A commit to a 255-scope that changes nothing produces gradient=0 and mints zero COIN. Only marginal governance improvement earns COIN.

{ "id": "<12-char SHA256>", "prev": "<previous event id or 000000000000>", "ts": "<ISO 8601 UTC>", "event": "MINT:WORK | DEBIT:DRIFT", "user": "<USER principal>", "amount": <abs(gradient)>, "delta": <gradient (signed)>, "work_ref": "idf:<16-char hex idf_id>", "service": "LEDGER", "product": "WORK", "note": "git-commit:<domain>", "signature": "<Ed25519 hex>" }

RUNNER task completions mint COIN at fixed rates per task category:

`` RUNNER task completed with evidence → vault mint –user --amount --task-ref "RUNNER::" → e.g. vault mint --user ROBERT --amount 3 --task-ref "RUNNER:SIGNS:1234-lake-nona-blvd" `

Task-Ref Format

` work_ref: “task:RUNNER::" `

Dedup: scan USER TIMELINE for existing event where work_ref` matches. If found, skip.

COIN per Category

`` ~/.canonic/VAULT/USERS/{USER}/identity.json { “user”: “", "git_emails": ["", ...], "git_names": ["", ...], "linkedin": "", "kyc": "GITHUB | LINKEDIN | BOTH", "created_at": "<ISO 8601>" } `

Resolution (git): vault resolve-git-user –email --name → prints USER or exits 1.

Resolution (RUNNER): vault resolve-user –linkedin → prints USER or exits 1. Falls back to --user ` direct lookup.

Distributed users (e.g. DEXTER/USERS/robert-glover/) may have no git identity. LinkedIn serves as primary KYC anchor until GitHub is established.

Before minting, scan USER TIMELINE for existing event where work_ref contains the idf_id (git) or task-ref (RUNNER). If found, skip silently.

vault reconcile walks the full LEDGER chain and reports unreconciled .idf entries (LEDGER COIN not yet in WALLETs). Optional –backfill flag mints missing entries.