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Intellectual Property Notice

Core protocol concepts described in this repository were deposited
via e-Soleau with the French National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI):

  Primary deposit : DSO2026006483 — 19 February 2026
  Addendum        : DSO2026009143 — 12 March 2026

These deposits establish proof of authorship and prior art
for the PCP protocol specification and its reference implementation.

PCP (Proof of Continuity Protocol) is an open protocol specification.
It may be implemented independently by any conformant system.
