# LMCache
**Aliases:** LMCache L2; LMCache encryption boundary; LMCache tenant encryption
**Entity class:** Memory infrastructure
**Integration priority:** P1
**Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]
**Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]
## Definition
**LMCache** — L0/L1/L2 KV hierarchy, tenant-scoped encryption and durable shared context.
This entry treats the technology or concept as a concrete part, precedent, or comparison within host-infrastructure analysis; it does not by itself establish consciousness transfer, personal continuity, or a company's intent to build either.
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## Relationships
### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10
**Resolved aliases:** `LMCache L2`, `LMCache encryption boundary`, `LMCache tenant encryption`
**Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]
**Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]
**Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]
**Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]]
#### Host-infrastructure integration
L0/L1/L2 KV hierarchy, tenant-scoped encryption and durable shared context.
#### Outgoing typed edges
- **HR-0123 — `stores` → `KV cache across L0 GPU / L1 host / L2 durable tiers`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_LMCACHE_ENCRYPT`, `WEB_LMCACHE_L2`. Explicit hierarchical cache architecture.
- **HR-0124 — `encrypts` → `L2 KV cache with AES-GCM`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_LMCACHE_ENCRYPT`. At-rest protection.
- **HR-0125 — `scopes` → `L2 encryption keys by tenant cache_salt`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_LMCACHE_ENCRYPT`. Per-tenant derivation.
- **HR-0126 — `can_use` → `S3`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_LMCACHE_ENCRYPT`. Durable shared backend.
- **HR-0127 — `can_use` → `filesystem`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_LMCACHE_ENCRYPT`, `WEB_LMCACHE_L2`. Durable shared backend.
- **HR-0128 — `can_use` → `RESP store`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_LMCACHE_ENCRYPT`. Durable shared backend.
- **HR-0129 — `does_not_protect` → `plaintext L0 GPU and L1 host memory`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_LMCACHE_ENCRYPT`. Explicit threat-model limit.
- **HR-0130 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Platform Custody|Platform Custody]]** — **ANALYTIC CONVERGENCE**; evidence `WEB_LMCACHE_ENCRYPT`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Tenant memory can be encrypted at rest while active runtime remains visible to serving process.
- **HR-0131 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Residual Sovereign|Residual Sovereign]]** — **ANALYTIC CONVERGENCE**; evidence `WEB_LMCACHE_ENCRYPT`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Shows concrete distinction between durable-state custody and runtime trust.
- **HR-1405 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Neural Data Sovereignty|Neural Data Sovereignty]]** — **HIGH VALUE CROSS THREAD**; evidence `ARTICLE`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Durable personal context can be encrypted by tenant, although active runtime remains exposed.
- **HR-1406 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Platform Custody|Platform Custody]]** — **HIGH VALUE CROSS THREAD**; evidence `ARTICLE`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. At-rest encryption narrows but does not eliminate host power because GPU/host plaintext remains.
#### Epistemic boundary
Evidence status and relationship type are recorded on each typed edge; graph candidates remain labeled **CANDIDATE — DO NOT PROMOTE**.
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