# Validation receipt — Proof-Horizon Sharding v1.2

- **Validated at:** 2026-09-04T18:54:42.049502+00:00
- **Author:** Breyden E. Taylor
- **Publication context:** Prompted LLC
- **Artifact identity:** *Proof-Horizon Sharding: Correction-Surviving, Proof-Carrying Canonical Computation*, Technical Whitepaper 1.2, Binder-Integrated Foundational Revision
- **Relationship:** originating protocol and invention paper; the Prompted LLC + Prompted Forge implementation paper remains downstream

## Source and structure

- Canonical manuscript source: `Proof-Horizon_Sharding_v1.2_Binder_Integrated.md`
- Manuscript words: 25,031
- Numbered reference definitions: 38 (`1` through `38`), with every definition used and every in-text numeric citation resolved
- Stable binder landmarks present: `BND-01` through `BND-22`
- Publication figures: 9 PNG figures, with Graphviz source where applicable
- Main sections: 21
- Appendices: 6

## Render and document checks

- Final DOCX rendered successfully to a 69-page Letter-size PDF.
- All 69 rendered pages were visually inspected through full contact-sheet coverage; dense table and reference pages were additionally opened at full page resolution.
- Independent PDF rendering at 180 DPI produced 69 pages.
- PDF metadata names Breyden E. Taylor as author and the v1.2 work as title/subject.
- PDF is tagged, unencrypted, contains no JavaScript, and reports no suspect objects.
- All PDF fonts reported by `pdffonts` are embedded and subset.
- DOCX accessibility audit: `0 high / 0 medium / 0 low` findings.
- Markdown, DOCX-extracted text, and PDF-extracted text contain zero Unicode replacement characters and zero unresolved draft placeholders.
- No clipping, overlaps, orphaned equation fragments, broken figures, blank accidental pages, or footer/header drift were found in the final render.

## Evidence boundary

`THE BINDER` is preserved as an evidence map rather than promoted to primary authority. Its `BND-nn` markers resolve onward to lane extracts and primary receipts. The two lane-complete extracts named by the binder were not provided as standalone files in the drafting attachment set; the manuscript therefore carries their totals as binder-indexed claims and explicitly declines independent row-level verification of all 161 cable receipts, 68 drain receipts, 51 campaign files, 213 wave-ledger rows, and 202 economy artifacts.

## Publication boundary

This foundational protocol paper is authored by Breyden E. Taylor and published in the Prompted LLC context. Prompted Forge appears only as the operating/publication context of the separately cited downstream Forge implementation paper. No authorship, invention, or protocol authority is transferred to the implementation organization.