{
  "answer": "An institution is operational when there is current evidence of implemented software, authorized keys, reachable services, controlled releases, state transitions and signed public actions. Constitutional prose, a static webpage or a planned architecture does not prove present operation.",
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  "claimStatus": "PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL",
  "correctionStatus": "CURRENT K05 RELEASE",
  "id": "K01-ANSWER-018",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-16",
  "question": "What makes a machine-governed institution operational rather than merely described?",
  "releaseId": "K12-2026-08-16",
  "researchCutoff": "2026-08-16",
  "shortAnswer": "An institution is operational when there is current evidence of implemented software, authorized keys, reachable services, controlled releases, state transitions and signed public actions. Constitutional prose, a static webpage or a planned architecture does not prove present operation.",
  "slug": "what-makes-machine-governed-institution-operational",
  "sourceRevalidatedAt": "2026-08-15T23:00:00Z",
  "status": "PROJECT TECHNICAL PROPOSAL",
  "topic": "evidence-provenance",
  "type": "Question"
}