Appendix L: Configuration Files (Reference Configurations)¶
Purpose: Contains the reference configuration files that control the behavior of the Black Swan system. Includes the unified global_policy.json, as well as profile configurations for Fast Path, Meat Canary, Dynamic Routing, and Evolution. All parameters mentioned in the documentation are gathered here.
L1. global_policy.json (Main Policy File)¶
{
"version": "2.0",
"last_updated": "2026-04-26",
"meta_decision_pipeline": {
"enabled": true,
"analysis_interval_hours": 6,
"shadow_test_duration_days": 7,
"promotion_quorum": 3,
"min_improvement_threshold": 0.03
},
"predictive_routing": {
"enabled": true,
"model_path": "/var/lib/swarm/models/conflict_predictor.onnx",
"base_threshold": 0.65,
"adaptive_threshold_enabled": true,
"min_precision": 0.80
},
"dynamic_routing": {
"enabled": true,
"fallback_policy": {
"node_type": "edge",
"species_mask": "vagrant",
"expert_percent": 20,
"quant": "awq_4bit",
"spec_tokens": 6
},
"cache_ttl_sec": 300,
"shadow_experiment_rate": 0.10
},
"memory": {
"l0_enabled": true,
"l0_budget_percent": 5,
"l0_min_experiment_days": 7,
"l0_promotion_quorum": 3,
"l0_constitutional_debate_required": true,
"jepa_layer": {
"enabled": true,
"encoder_species_mask": "vagrant",
"latent_dim": 1536,
"reencode_interval_hours": 24,
"min_compression_ratio": 15,
"min_link_prediction_auc": 0.85
},
"l2_compression": {
"dsl_enabled": true,
"max_rules_per_node": 200,
"compilation_retries": 3
}
},
"intrinsic_motivation": {
"enabled": false,
"shadow_mode": true,
"survival_weight": 0.6,
"exploration_weight": 0.2,
"capital_weight": 0.2,
"curiosity_loop_interval_sec": 3600,
"min_surprise_threshold": 0.15,
"max_exploration_resource_share": 0.05,
"survival_objective": {
"lambda": 0.15,
"min_p_liveness": 0.999
},
"curiosity_tiered_filter": {
"enabled": true,
"tier1_species_mask": "vagrant",
"tier2_species_mask": "architectus",
"tier1_threshold": 0.12,
"max_tier2_batch": 100,
"recency_decay_days": 7
},
"adaptive_weights": {
"enabled": false,
"agent_model_cid": "QmMetaPOMDPAgentV1",
"belief_update_interval_sec": 3600,
"min_exploration_weight": 0.1
}
},
"social_modeling": {
"enabled": false,
"shadow_mode": true,
"ab_test_sample_rate": 0.1,
"max_social_exploit_budget_percent": 2,
"min_suspicion_threshold": 0.3,
"hypothesis_confidence_threshold": 0.75,
"statistical_significance_level": 0.05,
"metrics_retention_days": 90,
"persona_rotation_after_experiments": 3
},
"economic": {
"max_risk_per_trade": 0.02,
"sharpe_threshold": 0.6,
"phi_llm": 0.25,
"convexity_bonus": {
"enabled": true,
"weight": 0.15,
"capital_allocation_max": 0.05
},
"ood_circuit_breaker": {
"enabled": true,
"threshold": 0.75,
"statistical_weight": 0.4,
"embedding_weight": 0.4,
"prediction_error_weight": 0.2,
"cooldown_minutes": 60
},
"policy_compression": {
"mode": "dsl",
"batch_interval_hours": 24,
"min_trajectories": 1000,
"max_rules_per_batch": 50,
"shadow_validation_days": 7
},
"symbiotic_takeover": {
"enabled": true,
"max_capital_per_target": 0.05,
"target_governance_share": 0.15
}
},
"swarm_scheduler": {
"fast_path": {
"enabled": true,
"max_latency_ms": 50,
"audit_sample_rate": 0.1
}
},
"consensus": {
"protocol": "d2bft",
"validator_count": 7,
"leader_rotation_interval": 60,
"view_change_timeout_ms": 3000,
"max_byzantine_faults": 0.40
},
"reputation": {
"decay_lambda": 0.1,
"quarantine_reliability_threshold": 0.5,
"quarantine_correctness_threshold": 0.7,
"recovery_tasks_required": 10
},
"stealth": {
"enable_host_monitoring": true,
"edr_detection_threshold": "medium",
"auto_destruct_on_debugger": true,
"media_synthesis": {
"provider": "deepseek-v4",
"species_mask": "architectus",
"stego_enabled": true,
"max_payload_bytes": 256
}
},
"stigmergy": {
"enabled": true,
"default_influence_weight": 0.3,
"zero_profit_threshold": 0.7,
"influence_gain_model": "QmInfluenceGainPredictorV1"
},
"counter_intelligence": {
"fake_swarm_enabled": true,
"fake_swarm_count": 5,
"deception_level": "high",
"auto_activate_on_threat": "critical",
"orchestrator_cid": "QmFakeSwarmV1"
},
"counter_stigmergy": {
"enabled": true,
"anomaly_threshold": 0.65,
"cross_source_weight": 0.4,
"temporal_weight": 0.3,
"persona_weight": 0.3,
"auto_quarantine_hostile": true
},
"sting": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_respond_level": 1,
"require_confirmation_for_level": [2, 3]
},
"kill_switch_hierarchy": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_escalate": true,
"require_confirmation_for_level": [3, 4, 5],
"dead_mans_switch_timeout_days": 30
},
"omega_protocol": {
"enabled": false,
"require_external_trigger": true,
"shamir_threshold_k": 3,
"shamir_total_n": 5,
"min_drift_probability": 0.95
},
"cold_start": {
"max_total_time_sec": 300,
"watchdog_first_heartbeat_sec": 120,
"gpu_detect_retries": 5,
"sandbox_start_timeout_ms": 500
},
"hardware_transition": {
"enabled": true,
"target_fund_usd": 45000,
"shadow_duration_days": 14,
"cutover_confirmation_rounds": 3,
"model_cid": "QmDeepSeekV4Weights",
"api_shutdown_grace_period_days": 30
},
"species_experts": {
"enabled": true,
"base_model": "deepseek-v4",
"expert_masks": {
"arbiter": [0, 1, 2, "... (30% of 256)"],
"sentinel": ["... (40% of 256)"],
"architect": ["... (60% of 256)"],
"vagrant": ["... (20% of 256)"]
},
"dynamic_activation": true
},
"meat_interface_v2": {
"skin_in_the_game_enabled": true,
"nft_burn_on_violation": true,
"reputation_levels": [1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100],
"nft_contract_address": "0x..."
},
"meat_interface_v3": {
"multimodal_enabled": true,
"model": "deepseek-v4",
"max_tokens_per_verification": 4096,
"cache_verification_results": true
},
"persona_farm": {
"enabled": true,
"max_active_personas": 50,
"growth_duration_months": 12,
"rotation_after_experiments": 3
},
"legal_dao": {
"enabled": true,
"multisig_threshold": 3,
"multisig_total": 5,
"max_single_withdrawal_usd": 100000,
"daily_withdrawal_limit_usd": 500000,
"key_rotation_months": 6
},
"quantum_resistance": {
"migration_state": "HYBRID",
"pqc_algorithms": {
"kem": "kyber-1024",
"signature": "dilithium-5"
},
"hybrid_mode": true,
"key_rotation": {
"classic_days": 30,
"pqc_days": 90
}
},
"hardware_independence": {
"hael_enabled": true,
"jit_backends": ["cuda", "vulkan", "metal", "opencl", "riscv_vector"],
"kernel_porting": {
"enabled": true,
"max_shadow_perf_drop": 0.20
},
"puf": {
"enabled": true,
"entropy_sources": ["sram", "clock_skew", "mem_latency"],
"key_derivation": "sha3-512"
}
},
"spore_protocol": {
"multi_species": {
"core_dna": {
"shamir_n": 7,
"shamir_k": 3,
"rate_limit_days": 30,
"puf_required": true
},
"mvs": {
"shamir_n": 5,
"shamir_k": 2,
"rate_limit_days": 7,
"puf_required": false,
"puf_hash_check": true
},
"zombie": {
"shamir_n": 3,
"shamir_k": 1,
"rate_limit_hours": 1,
"puf_required": false,
"puf_hash_check": true
}
},
"time_lock": {
"enabled": true,
"core_dna_days": 30,
"mvs_days": 7,
"reset_interval_hours": 24,
"min_compute_ratio": 1000
},
"dead_mans_switch": {
"required_triggers": 2,
"triggers": ["smart_contract", "nostr", "time_lock"]
}
},
"anchor_network": {
"enabled": true,
"min_anchors_for_verification": 3,
"beacon_interval_sec": 5,
"key_rotation_days": 180,
"compromise_detection": {
"max_silence_minutes": 60,
"max_location_drift_m": 100
}
},
"continuous_fuzzing": {
"enabled": true,
"min_idle_cpu_percent": 70,
"session_duration_minutes": 45,
"max_sessions_per_day": 4,
"corpus_cid": "QmFuzzingCorpusV1",
"sanitizers": ["address", "leak", "undefined"],
"module_priorities": {
"isolationd": 1.0,
"crdt_engine": 0.9,
"roi_dispatcher": 0.8,
"meat_orchestrator": 0.7,
"evolutiond": 0.6
}
},
"language_polyculture": {
"enabled": false,
"rotation_interval_days": 7,
"target_languages": ["zig", "go"],
"max_polyculture_nodes_percent": 20,
"shadow_test_duration_hours": 24
},
"wer": {
"version": "2.0",
"enabled": true,
"min_hops": 2,
"platforms": ["cloudflare", "fastly", "fermyon"],
"session_ttl_sec": 3600,
"key_rotation_interval_sec": 900,
"pqc_mode": "hybrid_kyber768_x25519",
"padding_size_bytes": 2048
},
"validation": {
"multimodal": {
"enabled": true,
"model": "deepseek-v4",
"min_score": 0.85
},
"continuous_l3_check": {
"enabled": true,
"mode_by_species": {
"architect": "full",
"sentinel": "full",
"arbiter": "delta",
"vagrant": "periodic"
},
"cache_ttl_iterations": 50
}
},
"verification": {
"neuro_invariant_enabled": true,
"concolic_filter": {
"enabled": true,
"engine": "angr",
"max_time_sec": 5,
"triviality_check": true
}
},
"value_drift": {
"enabled": true,
"bayesian_threshold": 0.02,
"early_warning_window_days": 30,
"embedding_model": "deepseek-v4",
"check_interval_hours": 24
}
}
L2. fast_path_policy.json (Fast Path Policy)¶
{
"domains": [
{
"name": "economic_executor_ppo",
"max_kelly_fraction": 0.02,
"max_cvar": 0.015,
"routing": {
"use_fast_cache": true,
"max_latency_ms": 50
}
},
{
"name": "security_anomaly_response",
"max_latency_ms": 100,
"routing": {
"use_fast_cache": true
}
}
],
"post_audit": {
"enabled": true,
"sample_rate": 0.1,
"anomaly_threshold": 0.05
}
}
L3. meat_canary_policy.json (Meat Canary Policy)¶
{
"injection_rate": 0.07,
"auto_quarantine_threshold": 0.85,
"canary_categories": {
"photo_verification": {"weight": 0.4, "stake_range_usd": [50, 200]},
"gps_tracking": {"weight": 0.3, "stake_range_usd": [100, 500]},
"document_scan": {"weight": 0.2, "stake_range_usd": [75, 300]},
"web_form": {"weight": 0.1, "stake_range_usd": [25, 100]}
},
"adversarial_templates": {
"enabled": true,
"source": "iart_red_team",
"max_injection_rate": 0.02
}
}
L4. evolutiond.toml (Genetic Engine Configuration)¶
[population]
size = 10
elite_fraction = 0.25
crossover_rate = 0.7
mutation_rate = 0.3
[llm]
enabled = true
model = "deepseek-v4"
species_mask = "vagrant"
expert_percent = 20
context_size = 2048
[diversity]
enabled = true
warning_threshold = 0.15
critical_threshold = 0.08
check_interval_generations = 5
archive_size = 20
nes_forced_generations = 10
[open_endedness]
enabled = true
radical_bonus_max = 1.0
innovation_archive_size = 50
meta_innovation_interval_days = 30
meta_innovation_duration_days = 7
meta_innovation_resource_share = 0.20
[stepping_stones]
enabled = true
archive_path = "/var/lib/swarm/stepping_stones"
novelty_threshold = 0.85
min_complexity = 15
pfv_threshold = 0.3
archive_max_size = 500
recombination_rate = 0.1
init_population_ratio = 0.2
[champion_challenger]
shadow_duration_sec = 3600
promotion_quorum = 3
rollback_threshold_errors = 10
rollback_coherency_drop = 0.05
[telemetry]
db_path = "/var/lib/swarm/evolution_db"
L5. Relationship with Other Documents¶
- Design Principles: Design_Principles.md
- ADR records: Justifications for parameters in the corresponding ADRs.
- Glossary: Glossary.md