Baseline mint → one-shot prove → free tier

For decades digital identity meant storing something stealable: a password, a certificate private key, a token, or a biometric template in a shared database. Circuit Authority relocates baseline identity into one-shot cryptographic circuits spent as proofs that die with the request or the sheet. Foundry-class minting produces the identity; Pass+ or paper codebook sheets produce the proof; verifiers check once and spend. A human can prove without asking a platform’s permission each time for baseline flows, online or offline. The human baseline tier is free of service when live — without biometric template enrollment into irrevocable databases.

• •Immutable posture — identity as compiled circuit binding, not a reusable password in a shared secret store.
• •Quantum-resistant posture — hybrid key agreement and circuit cohorts under the named model.
• •Universal baseline — free of service for the human baseline tier (when live).
• •Sovereign use — prove without asking a platform’s permission each time for baseline flows.
• •Offline + paper — codebook sheets for mail, deeds, ballots; burn-on-validate after check.

• •Attestation circuits — organizations post commercial attestation paths relying parties can verify without learning the secret.
• •Proof oracle — black-box verification for high-assurance workflows.
• •Codebook at scale — deeds, ballots, courier packets with issuance controls and verifier cards.
• •Online + offline — same one-shot primitive across app and paper so eavesdropping or photocopying a spent sheet does not recreate authority under the stated model.