# Actor Continuity
**Domain:** Identity / Longitudinal systems
**Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node
**Maturity:** Developed
**Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]]
## Definition
**Actor continuity** is the defensible connection of actions or credentials across time to the same person, organization, account, or cryptographic controller.
## Significance
Continuity is stronger than name recurrence and requires evidence about keys, custody, identifiers, succession, and possible impersonation.
## Sources
- [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]
- [Primary or institutional source](https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/)
## Routes
[[wiki/Identity|Identity]] · [[wiki/Attribution Stack|Attribution Stack]] · [[wiki/Continuity Accounting|Continuity Accounting]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]