STATE_HISTORY — SolumWorld / Zipvilization

Purpose

Define how SolumWorld state history is recorded, preserved, and interpreted.

State history is not a log. It is an immutable timeline of validated world states.

Design Philosophy

• Append-only
• Immutable
• Deterministic reconstruction
• Auditable by humans and AI

State Timeline

• Each state has a unique, monotonically increasing index.
• Each state references exactly one previous state (except Genesis).
• No branching in canonical history.

State Record Structure

Each historical state includes:

• state_id
• previous_state_id
• timestamp
• zoom level
• validated invariants hash
• state data hash

Genesis State

• State 0 is Genesis.
• Genesis defines:
  • initial Solum distribution
  • base topology
  • initial ruleset
• Genesis can never be altered or replaced.

Reconstruction Rules

• Any state can be reconstructed from Genesis + ordered transitions.
• If reconstruction fails, the state is invalid.

Access Patterns

• History is readable at any zoom.
• Higher zooms may aggregate multiple historical micro-states.

What History Is NOT

• Not a gameplay log
• Not a reversible ledger
• Not mutable metadata

Canonical Status

History defines truth. If it is not in history, it never happened.