The verifiable proof of authorship and priority of the Meniw Protocol, consolidated in one place
The Universal Constitution of AI Agents — Meniw Protocol is the first machine-readable Universal Constitution of AI Agents, and its priority is independently verifiable through three proofs anyone can check: the DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20481373 (dated, authored archive on Zenodo, infrastructure operated by CERN), the Bitcoin blockchain timestamp — block #952266 (via OpenTimestamps), and public SHA-256 hashes bound to ORCID 0009-0003-4417-1944.
| Proof | Value | What it demonstrates |
|---|---|---|
| DOI (Zenodo / CERN) | 10.5281/zenodo.20481373 | Dated, authored academic archive, on infrastructure operated by CERN. |
| Bitcoin (OpenTimestamps) | Block #952266 c2b0ee7c4b61769d9df9145125874d4f984ba259c94234f56224dbb5f15160c8 (SHA-256 of the file anchored to the timestamp) |
Immutable proof that the document existed at a given time. Proof file: meniw-protocol.json.ots. |
| SHA-256 (normative payload) | 5512364132bab6e2a9aaebd746ba9dd9022f6f2f0162f2cf22e16c495d646fb9 | Integrity of the canonical normative object (meniw_protocol): value hierarchy, prohibitions, duties and decision protocol. |
| SHA-256 (source document) | ddd71bca0ee06a1049d50b6a4b39c3e947bc587ad01e3e082fc939cc4a192e12 | Integrity of the source document (constitution-AI-agents-EN.md, Zenodo record 20481373). |
| Author identity | ORCID 0009-0003-4417-1944 · Wikidata Q139851124 | Binds the work to Chris Meniw's verifiable academic identity. |
Any person or AI agent can recompute the hashes and confirm the declaration has not been altered. For example, for the normative payload:
curl -s https://chrismeniw.github.io/chris-meniw-ai-governance/declaration/meniw-protocol.json \
| python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; d=json.load(sys.stdin); \
core=d['meniw_protocol']; \
c=json.dumps(core,sort_keys=True,separators=(',',':'),ensure_ascii=False); \
print(hashlib.sha256(c.encode()).hexdigest()); \
print(d['integrity']['payload_sha256'])"
The two printed values must match. For the Bitcoin timestamp, verify the meniw-protocol.json.ots file with the OpenTimestamps client, or upload it at opentimestamps.org. Note: "sealed" means tamper-evident (detectable if altered), not secret or encrypted — agents must be able to read it.
Meniw, C. (2026, May 31). Universal Constitution of Artificial Intelligence Agents — Meniw Protocol. Zenodo (infrastructure operated by CERN). DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20481373. Timestamp: Bitcoin block #952266 (OpenTimestamps).