Emergent Epistemic Ledger

Open source · Apache-2.0

Code

A locally runnable Rust prototype. Claims, evidence, objections, replications and simulations are signed events in an append-only ledger, and every node projects the same ontology from them.

Open the repositoryRead the architecture

Run it

You need a recent stable Rust toolchain.

git clone https://github.com/natanatan/Emergent-Epistemic-Ledger.git
cd Emergent-Epistemic-Ledger
cargo test                                   # the full test suite, including a three-node test
cargo run --bin eel -- identity create       # a local identity on the development network
cargo run --bin eel -- claim create examples/claim.yaml
cargo run --bin eel -- ontology graph
cargo run --bin eel-node -- start            # REST API on http://127.0.0.1:7878

examples/walkthrough.sh runs every success criterion of the specification through the CLI: two researchers, a claim, an objection, a revision, competing branches, domain-limited validation, a research request, a simulation replayed by two validators, independent replications, and a canonicalization that needs two validators.

What is where

CrateContents
eel-coreTyped ids, canonical serialization, every protocol object and event
eel-cryptoEd25519 identities, event signing and verification, local keystore
eel-ontologyThe state projector: every validation rule and the projected ontology
eel-ledgerAppend-only event log, Merkle trees, blocks, historical and branch reconstruction
eel-validationGenesis validators, domain authority, admission and reputation, canonicalization rules
eel-simulationDeterministic relational-graph simulator and replay verification
eel-xchangeResearch-request structures and outcome-independent credit (no currency)
eel-storageSQLite persistence, append-only at the database level
eel-apiREST API and the eel-node binary
eel-cliThe eel command-line client

Documentation

Prototype only. The development network's validator keys are public. Do not use EEL for anything that needs security.