Protocol Invariants
Supply Constraint
At any time t, circulating supply cannot exceed the Verified Reserve State.
This prevents supply expansion beyond validated custody.
Order Reconstruction
Each total order R is reconstructed as the sum of all validated execution shards.
Fragmentation does not break the order; it makes reconstruction protocol-verifiable.
Issuance Condition
Issuance for a shard occurs if and only if the shard satisfies all protocol validation conditions.
Issuance is not discretionary. It is triggered by valid state.
Security Scaling
As the number of active auditors, shard interactions, and protocol activity increase, verification density increases.
Nexus becomes stronger as it expands.
Invariant Enforcement
The protocol admits no exceptions to its fundamental invariants. All modules, upgrades, and future extensions must remain subordinate to these constraints.
Invariants are not guidelines. They are enforced constraints.
If an extension violates these constraints, it is not part of Nexus.