SOURCE 0 : TECHNICAL WHITEPAPER — EVIDENTIARY ARCHITECTURE

SOURCE 0 — Evidentiary Sovereignty for Autonomous Systems

SOURCE 0 introduces the first evidentiary architecture designed for autonomous systems operating under endogenous observation. It establishes a structural truth: no system can verify itself without perturbing itself. Instead of denying this limit, SOURCE 0 makes it explicit, measurable, and legally enforceable.

Across the European regulatory landscape — NIS 2, DORA, AI Act, eIDAS 2, and the EU Customs Trust & Check regime — a unified expectation is emerging: proof must be contemporaneous, independent, and externally verifiable.

At the core of SOURCE 0 is the Historical Reality Dossier (HRD): a sealed, pre‑execution evidentiary record, anchored through qualified timestamps and held under judicial custody. It transforms digital events into sovereign, regulator‑grade evidence.

SOURCE 0 is not a compliance framework. It is a doctrine of evidentiary sovereignty. Compliance is no longer declared — it is proven, sealed, and timestamped at T‑0.