diff --git a/CONFORMANCE.md b/CONFORMANCE.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Agrinet (Brazil fork) — Conformance self-description
+
+*Registry IDs: `JFA/jfa-conformance-suite.py`. Agrinet is the built instance here; several rows below are implemented and testable today — the next step is tests that cite these IDs so they stop being self-attested. `docs/mycelium-spec.md` carries the authoritative implementation-status table for the record layer.*
+
+**Shape:** phase-one mutual-credit bootstrap (Part III, "Switching credit on"): fiat escrow marketplace with the witnessed-ledger discipline running underneath, building visible integrity.
+
+| ID | Invariant | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| REC-1 | Append-only | **Implemented** — dialog transmissions, immutable units (mycelium-spec) |
+| REC-4 | Dialog seals complete-and-quiescent | **Implemented** — `sealIfComplete`: ratings given, no open dispute; −1 holds the seal |
+| REC-10 | Marked default on rating-window expiry | **Implemented** — system `+2` timeout default, distribution-distinguishable |
+| REC-3 | No PII anchored/federated | **Implemented** — refs only in `data`; narratives operator-local (relocation open, OQ-3) |
+| REC-5 | Per-operator log | **Implemented** — federation sync of listings/blocks, no global chain |
+| Witnessing (REC-6/7, problem 2) | Independent witnesses | **Stand-in, labeled** — single-witness; conduct evidence self-attested (OQ-2) |
+| COV-1 | No averaging | **Implemented via LBTAS** — distribution read; fraud score must stay operational, never reputational (OQ-6) |
+| ECO-1 | Balances from the sealed record | **Partial** — wallet ledger with audit; derivation-from-dialogs to verify at test time |
+| ECO-4/5 | Escrow now; governed switch; earned-never-bought | **Met** — Stripe escrow phase one; switch ungoverned-in-code but unscheduled (OQ-4) |
+| SUB-1 | No hosting chokepoint | **Partial** — fully self-hostable compose stack; single-VPS production is a labeled interim (OQ-5) |
+| GOV-9 | Living open-questions document | **Met** — `OPEN-QUESTIONS.md` now ships here |
+| GOV-10 | Copyleft commons | **Met** — AGPL-3.0; fork provenance recorded (OQ-1) |
+
+**Honesty line:** the record core runs, but with one witness — every conduct claim is self-attested until federation is real (architecture problem 2). "Implemented" rows become "bound" only when tests citing these IDs land in CI.
diff --git a/OPEN-QUESTIONS.md b/OPEN-QUESTIONS.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Agrinet (Brazil fork) — Open Questions
+
+*The living open-questions deliverable required by Janus-Facing Architecture (standard check 7). Reviewed and re-shipped with each release; staleness is nonconformance. An entry leaves only by resolution or by an explicit values call made by the people who live with the outcome. Invariant IDs cite the registry in `JFA/jfa-conformance-suite.py`.*
+
+Agrinet is the **built** instance in this folder: a phase-one escrow marketplace (fiat on-ramp, witnessed-ledger discipline underneath) with the dialog-ledger record implemented per `docs/mycelium-spec.md`.
+
+## 1. Fork relationship with upstream
+**Problem.** This tree is the Brazil adaptation (Carlos Zamboni) of NTARI-RAND/Agrinet. Divergence cadence, what flows upstream, and who reviews cross-flow are undefined.
+**Constraints inherited.** Provenance is inbound = outbound under AGPL-3.0 (GOV-10): fork freedom is the point, and improvements can flow both ways without assignment to a center. The fork is exit working as designed — keep it legible by recording the relationship, not by restricting it.
+**Status.** Open — define a sync/contribution cadence with upstream.
+
+## 2. Witness federation (architecture problem 2, directly)
+**Problem.** The record core is implemented (per-operator log, seal-on-complete-and-quiescent, marked timeout defaults, PII never anchored — see the status table in `docs/mycelium-spec.md`), but it runs single-witness: every conduct read is self-attested.
+**Constraints inherited.** A single-witness deployment carries the stand-in label and cannot present itself as federated; an independent witness joins by appending a countersignature, no protocol change. Until two or more independent, long-lived witnesses exist, dispositions must name their evidence as self-attested.
+**Status.** Open — inherits network problem 2; Agrinet is a natural first federation site.
+
+## 3. Narrative store relocation (already named in mycelium-spec)
+**Problem.** Rating narratives live in the backend's `rating_narratives` store; the spec's own note says relocate to the front end when one exists, and federation excludes it.
+**Constraints inherited.** PII and free text never anchor and never federate (REC-3); the narrative belongs in the erasable, operator-local layer.
+**Status.** Open — tracked here so it survives the spec's table.
+
+## 4. The escrow-to-credit switch
+**Problem.** Agrinet settles in fiat escrow via Stripe (phase one). Whether and when member-issued credit enters is undecided.
+**Constraints inherited.** The switch is a governed configuration change, never a rebuild (ECO-5), gated by Board approval, membership notice, and a completed regulatory review (bylaws §5.7); credit would be earned, never bought, never redeemable (ECO-4); issuance covenant-gated and capped by a separate limit never derived from harms (ECO-2). Get the regulatory read before any phase-two move — the Brazilian read is its own work, distinct from any US read.
+**Status.** Open; escrow phase holding, no switch scheduled.
+
+## 5. Production hosting posture
+**Problem.** Production runs on one VPS behind duckdns, with images on Docker Hub and media on Cloudflare R2 — single-operator, single-host.
+**Constraints inherited.** No unremovable hosting chokepoint (SUB-1). The compose stack is fully self-hostable, so the *mechanical* exit exists; the single-VPS production is a labeled stand-in, not an end-state, and the R2/Docker Hub dependencies deserve exit notes (S3-compatible and registry-portable respectively).
+**Status.** Open — acceptable interim, label it in ops docs.
+
+## 6. Fraud scoring vs. the covenant
+**Problem.** The antifraude layer computes a fraud score and trust levels — numeric composites adjacent to reputation.
+**Constraints inherited.** A score may gate *operational* risk controls (velocity, moderation queue) but must never become the member's reputation: reputation stays the LBTAS distribution, never a number (COV-1); an automated flag is an input to the moderation queue, never an auto-finding (flag-never-finding — the queue already exists, keep the human in it).
+**Status.** Open — audit the read paths so fraud score and reputation never merge in any display or gate.
diff --git a/backend/migrations/20260709_mycelium_operator_id.js b/backend/migrations/20260709_mycelium_operator_id.js
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index 0000000..c07578d
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+++ b/backend/migrations/20260709_mycelium_operator_id.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * Mycelium: scope the log per operator (P3-013 §5). There is no global chain — each
+ * operator keeps its own append-only log. Adds `operator_id` to both tables; existing
+ * single-backend history adopts this node's operator id (so it becomes that
+ * operator's log). Cross-operator non-equivocation is by witnessing (§5.1), which
+ * remains intended-not-built.
+ */
+const OPERATOR_ID = process.env.OPERATOR_ID || 'agrinet';
+
+exports.up = async function up(knex) {
+  const hasLogCol = await knex.schema.hasColumn('mycelium_log', 'operator_id');
+  if (!hasLogCol) {
+    await knex.schema.alterTable('mycelium_log', (t) => {
+      t.string('operator_id', 64).notNullable().defaultTo(OPERATOR_ID).after('dialog_id');
+    });
+  }
+  const hasAnchorCol = await knex.schema.hasColumn('mycelium_anchors', 'operator_id');
+  if (!hasAnchorCol) {
+    await knex.schema.alterTable('mycelium_anchors', (t) => {
+      t.string('operator_id', 64).notNullable().defaultTo(OPERATOR_ID).after('dialog_id');
+    });
+  }
+  // Existing rows adopt this node's operator id.
+  await knex('mycelium_log').update({ operator_id: OPERATOR_ID });
+  await knex('mycelium_anchors').update({ operator_id: OPERATOR_ID });
+};
+
+exports.down = async function down(knex) {
+  await knex.schema.alterTable('mycelium_log', (t) => t.dropColumn('operator_id'));
+  await knex.schema.alterTable('mycelium_anchors', (t) => t.dropColumn('operator_id'));
+};
diff --git a/backend/services/myceliumService.js b/backend/services/myceliumService.js
index 85f6226..1fa7bc4 100644
--- a/backend/services/myceliumService.js
+++ b/backend/services/myceliumService.js
@@ -4,25 +4,28 @@
  * Two append-only hash chains:
  *   - intra-dialog (mycelium_log): each transmission folds into a running head
  *     hash, so an open dialog is tamper-evident as it is built.
- *   - inter-dialog (mycelium_anchors): sealed dialogs (and post-seal annotations)
- *     are chained globally, so the set of completed exchanges can't be rewritten.
+ *   - per-operator (mycelium_anchors): sealed dialogs (and post-seal annotations)
+ *     are chained WITHIN THIS OPERATOR'S log (§5) — there is no global chain and no
+ *     consensus. Cross-operator non-equivocation is by witnessing (§5.1, `checkpoint`),
+ *     which is intended-not-built.
  *
- * append() serializes on the dialog tail; seal()/annotate() serialize on the global
- * anchor tail. Only references + structural facts are hashed — never PII (P3-013 §6).
+ * append() serializes on the dialog tail; seal()/annotate() serialize on this
+ * operator's anchor tail. Only references + structural facts are hashed — never PII.
  */
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 const { randomUUID } = require('crypto');
 const pool = require('../lib/db');
 
+const OPERATOR_ID = process.env.OPERATOR_ID || 'agrinet';
 const H = (s) => crypto.createHash('sha256').update(s).digest('hex');
 
 // Canonical bytes of one transmission (header-led; refs only).
 function txnCore({ dialogId, seq, type, actorId, actorRole, dataText }) {
   return `${dialogId}|${seq}|${type}|${actorId || ''}|${actorRole || ''}|${dataText || ''}`;
 }
-// Canonical bytes of one anchor.
-function anchorCore({ kind, dialogId, fileHash, sealedSeq }) {
-  return `${kind}|${dialogId}|${fileHash}|${sealedSeq}`;
+// Canonical bytes of one anchor — bound to the operator so logs cannot be spliced (§5).
+function anchorCore({ operatorId, kind, dialogId, fileHash, sealedSeq }) {
+  return `${operatorId}|${kind}|${dialogId}|${fileHash}|${sealedSeq}`;
 }
 
 // Append a transmission to a dialog's open file. Returns { seq, head }.
@@ -39,9 +42,9 @@ async function append(dialogId, { type, actorId = null, actorRole = null, data =
     const prevHead = tail.length ? tail[0].head_hash : null;
     const head = H((prevHead || '') + txnCore({ dialogId, seq, type, actorId, actorRole, dataText }));
     await conn.query(
-      `INSERT INTO mycelium_log (id, dialog_id, seq, type, actor_id, actor_role, data, head_hash)
-       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
-      [randomUUID(), dialogId, seq, type, actorId, actorRole, dataText, head]
+      `INSERT INTO mycelium_log (id, dialog_id, operator_id, seq, type, actor_id, actor_role, data, head_hash)
+       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+      [randomUUID(), dialogId, OPERATOR_ID, seq, type, actorId, actorRole, dataText, head]
     );
     await conn.commit();
     return { seq, head };
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ async function isSealed(dialogId) {
   return !!a;
 }
 
-// Anchor the dialog's current head on the global chain (kind = 'seal' | 'annotation').
+// Anchor the dialog's current head on THIS operator's chain (kind = 'seal' | 'annotation').
 async function _writeAnchor(dialogId, kind) {
   const conn = await pool.getConnection();
   try {
@@ -67,13 +70,14 @@ async function _writeAnchor(dialogId, kind) {
     if (!head.length) { await conn.rollback(); return null; }
     const fileHash = head[0].head_hash;
     const sealedSeq = head[0].seq;
-    const [gtail] = await conn.query('SELECT hash FROM mycelium_anchors ORDER BY n DESC LIMIT 1 FOR UPDATE');
+    // per-operator tail (not a global chain — §5)
+    const [gtail] = await conn.query('SELECT hash FROM mycelium_anchors WHERE operator_id = ? ORDER BY n DESC LIMIT 1 FOR UPDATE', [OPERATOR_ID]);
     const prevHash = gtail.length ? gtail[0].hash : null;
-    const hash = H((prevHash || '') + anchorCore({ kind, dialogId, fileHash, sealedSeq }));
+    const hash = H((prevHash || '') + anchorCore({ operatorId: OPERATOR_ID, kind, dialogId, fileHash, sealedSeq }));
     await conn.query(
-      `INSERT INTO mycelium_anchors (id, dialog_id, kind, file_hash, sealed_seq, prev_hash, hash)
-       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
-      [randomUUID(), dialogId, kind, fileHash, sealedSeq, prevHash, hash]
+      `INSERT INTO mycelium_anchors (id, dialog_id, operator_id, kind, file_hash, sealed_seq, prev_hash, hash)
+       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+      [randomUUID(), dialogId, OPERATOR_ID, kind, fileHash, sealedSeq, prevHash, hash]
     );
     await conn.commit();
     return { kind, file_hash: fileHash, hash, sealed_seq: sealedSeq };
@@ -107,16 +111,17 @@ async function record(dialogId, transmission) {
   return { appended: true };
 }
 
-// Verify both chains: every anchor links and hashes correctly, and each anchor's
-// file_hash equals the recomputed intra-dialog head at sealed_seq.
-async function verifyChain() {
+// Verify THIS operator's log (§8): every anchor links and hashes correctly, and each
+// anchor's file_hash equals the recomputed intra-dialog head at sealed_seq.
+async function verifyChain(operatorId = OPERATOR_ID) {
   const [anchors] = await pool.query(
-    'SELECT n, dialog_id, kind, file_hash, sealed_seq, prev_hash, hash FROM mycelium_anchors ORDER BY n ASC'
+    'SELECT n, dialog_id, kind, file_hash, sealed_seq, prev_hash, hash FROM mycelium_anchors WHERE operator_id = ? ORDER BY n ASC',
+    [operatorId]
   );
   let prev = null;
   for (const a of anchors) {
     if ((a.prev_hash || null) !== prev) return { ok: false, broken_at: `anchor ${a.n}`, reason: 'anchor linkage broken' };
-    const expected = H((prev || '') + anchorCore({ kind: a.kind, dialogId: a.dialog_id, fileHash: a.file_hash, sealedSeq: a.sealed_seq }));
+    const expected = H((prev || '') + anchorCore({ operatorId, kind: a.kind, dialogId: a.dialog_id, fileHash: a.file_hash, sealedSeq: a.sealed_seq }));
     if (a.hash !== expected) return { ok: false, broken_at: `anchor ${a.n}`, reason: 'anchor hash mismatch' };
 
     const [rows] = await pool.query(
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ async function verifyChain() {
     if (h !== a.file_hash) return { ok: false, broken_at: `anchor ${a.n}`, reason: 'file_hash does not match dialog' };
     prev = a.hash;
   }
-  return { ok: true, anchors: anchors.length };
+  return { ok: true, anchors: anchors.length, operator_id: operatorId };
 }
 
 // The full record for one dialog: its transmissions + its anchors (sealed/annotation).
@@ -153,12 +158,38 @@ async function forDialog(dialogId) {
 
 async function listAnchors(limit = 50) {
   const [rows] = await pool.query(
-    'SELECT n, dialog_id, kind, file_hash, hash, created_at FROM mycelium_anchors ORDER BY n DESC LIMIT ?',
-    [Number(limit) || 50]
+    'SELECT n, dialog_id, kind, file_hash, hash, created_at FROM mycelium_anchors WHERE operator_id = ? ORDER BY n DESC LIMIT ?',
+    [OPERATOR_ID, Number(limit) || 50]
   );
   return rows;
 }
 
+// Produce a signed, monotonic checkpoint of this operator's log head — the unit an
+// independent witness co-signs so equivocation becomes self-evident (§5.1,
+// Certificate Transparency / RFC 6962).
+//
+// STATUS: INTENDED, NOT BUILT. Returns the checkpoint BODY only. Signing the body
+// with the operator key, publishing to >= 1 independent witness, obtaining a signed
+// witness receipt, and serving inclusion proofs on read are the highest-leverage
+// federation step and are not implemented here — until they exist, non-equivocation
+// rests on there being a single backend.
+async function checkpoint(operatorId = OPERATOR_ID) {
+  const [[row]] = await pool.query(
+    'SELECT COUNT(*) AS tree_size, MAX(n) AS max_n FROM mycelium_anchors WHERE operator_id = ?',
+    [operatorId]
+  );
+  let headHash = null;
+  if (row.max_n) {
+    const [[h]] = await pool.query('SELECT hash FROM mycelium_anchors WHERE operator_id = ? ORDER BY n DESC LIMIT 1', [operatorId]);
+    headHash = h ? h.hash : null;
+  }
+  return {
+    body: { operator_id: operatorId, tree_size: Number(row.tree_size), head_hash: headHash },
+    signature: null,   // no operator signer wired yet
+    witnessed: false,  // no witness receipt — witnessing not built (§5.1)
+  };
+}
+
 function safeParse(s) { try { return JSON.parse(s); } catch { return s; } }
 
-module.exports = { append, seal, annotate, record, isSealed, verifyChain, forDialog, listAnchors };
+module.exports = { append, seal, annotate, record, isSealed, verifyChain, forDialog, listAnchors, checkpoint, OPERATOR_ID };
diff --git a/docs/mycelium-spec.md b/docs/mycelium-spec.md
index 4bad28a..745272e 100644
--- a/docs/mycelium-spec.md
+++ b/docs/mycelium-spec.md
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ contains the dispute and its dismissal — the forgiveness is on the record, not
 | Per-transmission operator signing of intra-dialog events | **Not yet** | Sign messages/events (rides with operator onboarding / Cloudflare). |
 | PII never anchored; narrative operator-local | **Implemented** (only refs in `data`; narrative in `rating_narratives`) | Relocate the narrative store to the front end when Fruitful gains one; federation excludes it. |
 | Annotate-not-erase; post-seal annotation | **Implemented** (post-seal `record` → `annotation` anchor) | — |
-| Per-operator log scoping (`operator_id`) | **Not conformant** (single global anchor chain) | Add `operator_id` to `mycelium_log` + `mycelium_anchors`; scope the chain per operator. |
-| Witnessing — signed checkpoints, independent witnesses, inclusion proofs (§5.1) | **Not built** (intended) | Certificate-Transparency checkpointing across operators. Highest-leverage federation step. |
+| Per-operator log scoping (`operator_id`) | **Implemented** (both `mycelium_log` + `mycelium_anchors` scoped; chain + verify per operator) | — |
+| Witnessing — signed checkpoints, independent witnesses, inclusion proofs (§5.1) | **Not built** (intended; `checkpoint()` body stub present) | Sign + publish checkpoints to independent witnesses; serve inclusion proofs (Certificate Transparency). Highest-leverage federation step. |
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/protocol-spec.md b/docs/protocol-spec.md
index ddde4ef..55cca71 100644
--- a/docs/protocol-spec.md
+++ b/docs/protocol-spec.md
@@ -522,8 +522,8 @@ informative, not normative.
 | §7 escrow gate / maturity / tranches | **Implemented** (`transactionService`) | — |
 | §9 market/reputation in the protocol, portable | **Implemented** (Agrinet backend holds posts/transactions/ratings/escrow/ledger; Fruitful is swappable UI) | Cross-node reputation federation (multi-backend) not built; single-protocol-many-frontends holds today. |
 | §1 substrate / no hosting chokepoint | **Partial** (runs on SoHoLINK-capable infra; usually a shared backend) | Package for participant-owned deploy; document the self-host path. |
-| §5.1 per-operator log | **Implemented** (single backend) | — |
-| §5.2 witnessing / cross-operator non-equivocation | **Not built** (intended) | Signed checkpoints, independent witnesses, inclusion proofs (Certificate Transparency). Highest-leverage federation step. |
+| §5.1 per-operator log | **Implemented** (`operator_id`-scoped log + anchor chain; verify per operator) | — |
+| §5.2 witnessing / cross-operator non-equivocation | **Not built** (intended; `checkpoint()` body stub present) | Sign checkpoints, publish to independent witnesses, serve inclusion proofs (Certificate Transparency). Highest-leverage federation step. |
 | §7.2 net-zero balances from the record | **Not conformant** | Balances are a mutable `wallets.balance` (direct `UPDATE`); `wallet_history` is an audit trail, not the source of truth. Delta: append-only wallet-entries ledger, balance = derived sum, each exchange nets to zero. |
 | §7.3 non-redeemable / non-purchasable / denominated-not-backed | **Flag — purchasability** | No cash-out path exists (conformant on redemption). But Stripe payments credit a *general spendable wallet* (`webhook.js` "Stripe deposit") — fiat buying in-network balance. Delta: bind each payment to a specific transaction's escrow; retire the general fiat top-up (§10, tension protocol). |
 | §7.4 covenant gate + separate limit | **Not built** (credit off) | Add a limit instrument separate from the harm distribution, gated by the covenant. |