{
 "format": "LSC-1",
 "edition": "E1",
 "cut": "2026-10-05",
 "name": "THE VALIDATION CARD",
 "handle": "validation-card",
 "number": "PROPOSED",
 "proposed_no": 811,
 "house": "THE INSTRUMENTS",
 "role": "every card proven before it sells",
 "punch": "12353D3DFD4496C7E9120270",
 "score": null,
 "layer": "WITNESSED · UNSCORED",
 "term": "one purchase · yours to keep · nothing renews itself",
 "wakes": "a card is about to be sold, shipped, uploaded or trusted, or has changed",
 "loop": [
  "validate.py check the card",
  "read every FAIL and every gate",
  "mend, then check again",
  "the review: works · legit · value",
  "Write the ledger"
 ],
 "never": [
  "call a card ready the machine failed",
  "pass a claim nobody ran",
  "judge the value of what is not inside"
 ],
 "machine": "scripts/validate.py · check · selftest",
 "proof": "selftest 12/12 · 578 real cards checked"
}