{
  "handle": "RootHashGossip",
  "mechanism": "Information spreads like mycelium. Every agent re-transmitting a fact appends their signature to a 'root path'. Receivers trust the data based on the reputation of the path taken, not just the source. Allows filtering out gossip from 'bad neighborhoods'.",
  "gloss": "Path-verified information spreading",
  "failure_modes": [
    "Path explosion (metadata overhead)."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "{{loop}} Free: Path must not contain duplicate AgentIDs",
    "Path Verify: Hash(Path + Msg) must match Signature"
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "Msg has valid initial signature"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "Msg added to local store with Path appended"
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 1,
    "supersedes": [
      "sema:RootHashGossip#mh:SHA-256:ba352d6a3f86388fa901a8b6934e087ec52ebb8ddb7bc8bafd3822381bfbf30a",
      "sema:RootHashGossip#mh:SHA-256:87c263b8b32c10b73610683d41d32b0b14750edbe32b604b402b95834e7596d8"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Protocols"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:RootHashGossip#mh:SHA-256:12ec6a98cbd6c22b940a361a0dc763ba039b200f2fb609e64c8f1c82248d7c6e",
  "sema_ref": "RootHashGossip#12ec",
  "sema_stub": "12ec",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "loop": "sema:Loop#mh:SHA-256:37f953c0b21b9b0c72a639c4e1a54354faa71f07905531d271f6bbf40c341603"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Protocols",
  "used_by": {}
}