What remained after all that:
- Don't Trust, Verify - Not a single byte changes - If it cannot be reproduced, it is not evidence
EV424 is just deterministic byte-sameness receipts. No interpretation. No truth claims. No hosting originals. Only G1–G5 closed gates → reproducible PASS/FAIL.
Still early. Mostly spec, not much code yet. But the question that keeps coming back is: In a world where AI makes everything look convincing fast, is "reproducible only" still enough?