Definition. Trust contract [ftip-005K]

A trust contract \(\mathsf {Trust}(P)\) is a predicate requiring the protocol to respect declared provenance, information, and accounting boundaries. At minimum it specifies evaluation independence, behavior-policy stamps for reused rollouts, environment and verifier versions, and complete lifecycle-cost reporting.

The predicate is evidence to be checked. It is not a statement that a protocol is safe, aligned, or free from distribution shift.