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The machine
Contracts run against shielded state. The ledger records that a block closed.
The machine is a quiet runtime. A contract does not perform itself in public. It runs inside the note, against shielded state, and the chain receives a seal. The seal is enough to accept the transition. The story of the run stays with the parties who hold the note.
How it stays quiet
- A note arrives sealed. The public chain records a hash.
- The runtime stays quiet. Contracts execute against shielded state.
- A seal is enough. The world may read that a block closed.
One instrument
Rings, nodes, a quiet field: the same illustrated language as the home. Read them as a picture of the runtime, not as a control panel. The machine has one job. It executes, it commits, and it leaves the working state inside the note.