SPIRE - Bryant McGill

# SPIRE **Aliases:** SPIRE workload identity **Entity class:** Workload identity **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 **SPIRE** — Attestation implementation; ‘Who is this process?’ ## Relationships  This entry is routed through [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]. Its source context is developed in [[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]] and [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Key Relationships - **SPIRE** is associated with SPIFFE APIs. Production-ready implementation. - **SPIRE** is associated with node attestation. Verifies node identity. - **SPIRE** is associated with workload attestation. Asks 'Who is this process?'. - **SPIRE** is associated with SVID workload identities. Short-lived identity credentials. ### Connections in this corpus - The technical comparison identifies a convergence: **SPIRE** is connected in the corpus with [[wiki/Digital Identity Succession|Digital Identity Succession]]. Workload identity can follow verified properties rather than chassis.  ## Related Work in the Corpus  - In [[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]], **XIV. Versioning becomes existential** provides the narrative context for **SPIRE**: This is why neural data provenance, content-addressed versioning, cryptographic identity, and re-entry pathways are not bureaucratic overhead.  ## Research Edges  #### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10 **Resolved aliases:** `SPIRE workload identity` **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 Attestation implementation; ‘Who is this process?’ #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-0138 — `implements` → `SPIFFE APIs`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`. Production-ready implementation. - **HR-0139 — `performs` → `node attestation`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`. Verifies node identity. - **HR-0140 — `performs` → `workload attestation`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`, `WEB_SPIFFE_CONFIG`. Asks 'Who is this process?'. - **HR-0141 — `issues` → `SVID workload identities`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`. Short-lived identity credentials. - **HR-0142 — `decouples` → `process identity from physical machine identity`** — **ANALYTIC CONVERGENCE**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`, `ARTICLE`. Strong analogue for identity-bearing process migration. - **HR-0143 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Digital Identity Succession|Digital Identity Succession]]** — **ANALYTIC CONVERGENCE**; evidence `WEB_SPIRE`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Workload identity can follow verified properties rather than chassis.