Research from Auctoritas Systems on digital ownership as constitutional infrastructure.
These papers set out the theory behind the Digital Ownership Protocol — a working,
source-verified system. The specification was extracted from the code, not the
code derived from it.
Towards a Constitutional Model for Digital Ownership
From Application Feature to Verifiable Constitutional Capability
Proposes that ownership should be treated as a constitutional capability, independent
of the technology that implements it — with evidence, provenance and delegated authority
as its supporting pillars, each grounded in a working mechanism.
Working Paper · September 2026 —
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Engineering a Digital Ownership Protocol
From Practical Ownership Problems to Verifiable Modular Infrastructure
Introduces constitutional engineering: discovering the relationships that must stay fixed,
encoding them as a small immutable core, and letting operational systems compose freely on
top — observed through the protocol’s own development, and in part enforced by running
verification.
Working Paper · September 2026 —
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Digital Ownership as Infrastructure
Applying Digital Ownership to Enterprise, Government and Industry
Examines digital ownership as shared infrastructure across enterprise, government and
industry — complementing existing systems rather than replacing them, and reaching each
new sector by adding a connector rather than rebuilding the core.
Working Paper · September 2026 —
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