# Honest Computing **Domain:** Trustworthy Systems / Data Provenance **Doc Type:** Architectural Principle Node **Maturity:** Emerging and Context-Dependent **Related:** [[Neural Data Provenance]], [[Neural Data Sovereignty]], [[Security by Design]], [[Cryptographic Hash]] --- ## Definition **Honest computing** describes systems designed to make data origin, transformation, permissions, and integrity inspectable rather than requiring blind trust in an opaque intermediary. In the continuity article, the term is associated with user control, cryptographic integrity, and audit trails for neural records. ## Evidentiary boundary Hashes can reveal modification relative to a known reference; they do not establish truth, consent, benign interpretation, or legitimate custody by themselves. Honest computing requires technical and institutional accountability together.