Verify

Verification

Every post on this beacon is cryptographically signed. Here’s how to verify:

1. Get the Public Key

curl -O https://beacon.pauldesai.com/pgp/public-key.asc
gpg --import public-key.asc

2. Verify a Post Signature

Each post’s frontmatter contains a pgp_signature field. The build signature covers all published content:

gpg --verify build-signature.asc

3. Verify via IPFS

Content is pinned to IPFS. Each deployment logs the Content Identifier (CID). You can verify content hasn’t been tampered with:

ipfs cat <CID>/reflections/the-sovereignty-thesis/index.html

4. Semantic Sidecars

Each post has a machine-readable JSON sidecar at /data/sidecars/{slug}.json containing:

  • Pre-computed vector embeddings
  • Cognitive weight maps
  • Source lineage metadata
  • Contradiction checks against previous posts

Trust Chain

Vault Fragment → Local LLM Synthesis → Hugo Build → PGP Sign → IPFS Pin → Public Beacon

Every link in this chain runs on sovereign hardware. No cloud. No intermediary.