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    <title abbrev="draft-singh-psi-merkle">PSI Merkle Tree Anchoring for Cryptographic Seals</title>
    <author initials="K" surname="Singh" fullname="Kawaljeet Singh">
      <organization>Apex Intelligence Empire / ROCKYFILMS888 PTY LTD</organization>
      <address>
        <email>kawaljeet.singh3008@gmail.com</email>
      </address>
    </author>
    <date year="2026" month="July" day="18"/>
    <area>General</area>
    <keyword>PSI</keyword>
    <keyword>cryptographic verification</keyword>
    <keyword>EU AI Act</keyword>
    <abstract>
      <t>This document specifies the Merkle tree construction and anchoring
   protocol used by the Proof of Sovereign Integrity (PSI) system for
   tamper-evident content verification.  It defines tree parameters,
   leaf construction, inclusion proof generation, and root anchoring
   to public ledgers including the Bitcoin blockchain.

   The protocol uses SHA-256 as the hash function, binary Merkle trees
   with height=5 (32 leaves per epoch), and deterministic leaf
   ordering to enable third-party v</t>
    </abstract>
  </front>
  <middle>
    <section anchor="introduction" title="Introduction">
      <t>This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79.</t>
      <t>This document is a product of the Apex Intelligence Empire's PSI Protocol suite, providing cryptographic verification infrastructure for AI-generated content compliance under the EU AI Act Article 50 framework.</t>
    </section>
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