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AnchorDrop
Emergency state checkpointing
Definition
Mechanism
When network turbulence or disagreement exceeds a threshold, agents trigger an 'Anchor Drop'. They stop accepting new transactions and aggressively seek Quorum on the last valid state (the Anchor). Progress resumes only after the Anchor is solidified. It invokes first principles to re-derive the valid state from the bedrock axioms when the consensus chain is corrupted.
Risks
Failure modes
System stalls completely.
Caution
Finalized anchors are irreversible — restarting from one can discard later transactions, and a two-thirds bloc chooses it; verify the trigger and loss before signing.
Relationships
Builds on
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
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