The problem
Pre-registration currently depends on trusting a registry not to permit quiet edits, and priority disputes come down to whose records are believed.
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What is anchored
Hypotheses, datasets, experiment logs and analysis plans.
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When it is revealed
Sealed before the study runs, revealed on completion.
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Who checks it
Journals, replication teams and funders. Priority and integrity become provable rather than asserted.
The cycle is identical
Canonicalise the artifact, hash it with a secret nonce, anchor the fingerprint, then reveal inside the window. Only the schema and the window change from one application to the next.
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The whitepaper specifies the canonicalisation, the hash construction and the contract surface in full.