UK-IDV Minimal Core – Dated Deposits

Lock packet for the preregistration 'Who Does the Digital State Make Visible? Identity Verification and the Infrastructure of Shell Companies' (UK-IDV minimal core). The archive holds the preregistration specification (v11.5, 17 August 2026; Section 15 freeze values pending), the executable sampling, index, model and power code (freeze_run.py, advanced_extract.py), public_salt, program versions and a SHA-256 manifest. SHA-256 of this archive: 27ded5334925a6b4e8ce6474b22b02e7c9221140426b38c35bbd3b8fb32a9d8a; the matching OpenTimestamps proof (.ots) is deposited beside it. Deposited before the publication of the freezing PSC snapshot of 18 August 2026 (gate G1 of the specification). The freeze bundle will follow as a new version of this record. This version adds the freeze bundle freeze_bundle_2026-08-20.zip (SHA-256 b7afb1c4a1e49cd463030a35027a8309d2a003ff1e6faabdd52d2821d51d83df) with its OpenTimestamps proof; the freeze ran on the PSC snapshot of 2026-08-18 with gates G1, G2 and G3 passed.