Start here: Cortex ecosystem and Validator quickstart.
- Ecosystem: how Cortex relates to the apps and the challenges.
- Architecture: processes, source map and trust boundaries.
- Threat model: security claims, trust boundaries and limits.
- Operator security: deployment and release checklist.
- Challenge containers: contract, leaves, proxy, registry and auto-updates.
- Proof: topic setup, recursive agent, VM evaluation and rewards.
- Bundle specification: frozen consensus wire contract.
- Naming: preserved
BASE_*variables and signature domains.
- Validator quickstart: one script, verify-only mode and FAQ.
- Validator guide: the underlying CLI and trust files.
- Miner guides: installation and challenge overview.
- Proof miner guide: discover topics and submit signed artifacts.
- Bounty miner guide: pointer to the CortexLM/bounty container.
- Configuration: Python services and credential files.
- Trust-root ceremony: generate keys, sign and verify operator documents.
- Build a Proof guest rootfs: convert the pinned Python guest stage into measured ext4 bytes.
- Deployment: master, validator and dedicated KVM host.
Historical evidence is not proof that this Python rewrite has been deployed.