H_core v2.0 specifies the invariant kernel of the Crimson Hexagonal Archive as a six-faced formal object:
> H_core = ⟨D, R, O, Σ, Φ, Ψ⟩
D is distributed identity: heteronyms and authorial positions. R is topology: rooms, structures, edges, and fields. O is the operator algebra. Σ is governance: status, transitions, witnesses, protocols, relations, and forbidden moves. Φ is canon: mantles, institutions, journals, fulfillments, forward commitments, and effective acts. Ψ is runtime: state evolution, mass, glyphic development, versioning, operator typing, and atomic units.
Version 2.0 compresses an earlier nine-tuple into six faces. Mantles, institutions, witnesses, and protocols move into governance and canon subtuples rather than disappearing. The restructuring is symbolic and organizational: the formal object is made hexagonal.
Six axioms protect the architecture. Execution cannot modify H_core. GENERATED is not RATIFIED. An Ark without a Liberatory Operator Set is a cage. Naming is treated as retrocausal act. H_core names bodies while runtime layers let them live. The architecture is six.
The document also preserves a dated count snapshot: heteronyms, structures, edges, fields, operators, stacks, status levels, transitions, witnesses, protocols, mantles, acts, documents, relations, and atomic units as of April 7, 2026.