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R8 · every version commits a block

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OMNI saysR8 — every version commits a block. There is no such thing as an unrecorded version.

R8 makes the LEDGER mandatory: each instance version must COMMIT a block to the per-user chain. Skipping the commit is forbidden — an "unrecorded version" can't be audited or rolled back, so it effectively doesn't exist within the discipline. This is what guarantees the chain is complete: every change since genesis is a block. Forensics and ROLLBACK both depend entirely on R8 being honored.

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<body style="background:#06040d;color:#b388ff;font-family:monospace;padding:20px"><pre>R8: version change → COMMIT block (always)
gap in chain → can’t audit/rollback that version
→ it "doesn’t exist" in the discipline</pre></body></html>
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