Finality Research

Protocols

Versioned concepts for identity, mandates, receipts, verification, and replay.

Research index

Current first-party topics.

Research directions and technical notes unless a publication record states otherwise.

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Authority envelope

First-party Finality Group material. External review is not claimed.

02

Execution receipt

First-party Finality Group material. External review is not claimed.

03

Evidence chain

First-party Finality Group material. External review is not claimed.

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Verification result

First-party Finality Group material. External review is not claimed.

External context

Standards context, not endorsement.

The linked primary sources establish adjacent governance and interoperability context. They do not validate, certify, adopt, or endorse Finality Group.

NIST · January 2023

AI Risk Management Framework 1.0

NIST's voluntary framework organizes AI risk work around GOVERN, MAP, MEASURE, and MANAGE. Finality's relationship to it is a first-party mapping hypothesis.

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NIST · July 2024

Generative AI Profile

NIST's GenAI profile identifies generative-AI risks and actions. Finality does not claim NIST assessment or conformance.

Open official NIST publication

MCP · 28 July 2026

Authorization specification

The Model Context Protocol defines an authorization layer for protected resources. Authorization alone does not prove authoritative end state or closure.

Open official MCP specification

Google · 9 April 2025

Agent2Agent protocol

Google introduced A2A for agent interoperability. Interoperability is adjacent context, not evidence that an action achieved finality.

Open official Google announcement
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