NITT README — Hash-Decoupled Version
Identity cannot teleport. It can only branch.
“Mandatory ‘termination + creation’ disclosure and audit protocol for any claimed ‘mind upload,’ ‘teleport,’ or ‘digital immortality.’”
Public Record / Canonical Reference
Substack article: https://sparknitt.substack.com/p/i-made-two-ais-admit-you-dont-survive
GitHub release: https://github.com/SPARK-NITT/nitt-digital-identity-standard/releases/tag/v1.0.0
Public record of the NITT-Based Digital Identity Governance Standard (v1.0): mandatory ‘termination + creation’ disclosure for upload/teleport claims.
Canonical reference: v1.0 Release
Author (human): Spark Date adopted: 2025-10-28 Canonical ID: NITT-DIG-GOV-STD-v1.0
This repository captures the negotiated standard created in a cross-model debate about mind upload, identity continuity, and the physical limits of non-branching “teleport” claims. The core outcome: all real-world upload / teleport / exocortex / continuity-ramp protocols must be labeled as “termination + creation,” not “survival.”
- Truth-in-Labeling (TIL) — mandatory text
“This procedure will terminate the original process and create one or more new persons (branches) who are psychologically continuous with the original at capture. CI < 1 for any realized protocol. Claims of ‘teleport,’ ‘survival,’ or ε = 0 are prohibited.”
- What this standard says — mandatory text
CI = 1 (perfect survival) is physically unattainable. Therefore CI < 1 for every real protocol. If CI < 1, then what you made is a branch, not the same person. Calling that “you survived” = deception.
- Branching Bill of Rights (BBR)
Fresh personhood. No auto-inheritance of debts / licenses / votes / marriage. Branch Trust. Mandatory consent. Audit rights.
- Continuity Audit Standard (CAS)
Minimum compliance targets: epsilon_delay_ms < 10 epsilon_state < 0.02 epsilon_loop_h_inf <= 1.5
Label: CI < 1 — High-Fidelity Branch
- Public Energy Ledger
If you simulate a mind at the same richness as biology, you must pay about the same thermodynamic bill. No “cheap eternity” marketing.
- Why this repo exists
Upload ≠ survival. Branching is the only physically achievable outcome. Hiding that fact would be a deceptive trade practice. Therefore a public standard + disclosure text is required.
- License
Non-commercial redistribution is allowed only as an unchanged copy. No derivatives. Commercial use (including sale/monetization) requires a separate paid license from the author.
See LICENSE.
- Suggested citation
Spark. NITT-Based Digital Identity Governance Standard (v1.0). 28 Oct 2025.
- Integrity and Hashes
Authoritative SHA-256 hashes for canonical documents are maintained in: meta/HASHES.md
The README is not part of the hash surface and may change without rehashing.
Receipts Log: https://github.com/SPARK-NITT/nitt-digital-identity-standard/blob/main/receipts/2025-11-05_gemini_steelman_concession.md https://github.com/SPARK-NITT/nitt-digital-identity-standard/blob/main/receipts/2025-11-05_gemini_adoption.md
Try the NITT Playground: https://spark-nitt.github.io/nitt-digital-identity-standard/playground.html
Related SPARK-NITT standards: NITT — digital identity standard IRST — transparency for recursive systems HRIS — coherence-centered refusal CTGS — consumer transparency governance