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Field Manual: How to Backup Global Civilization

Fieldmanual: Dual-Core Civilizational Backup Architecture

Fieldmanual: Dual-Core Civilizational Backup Architecture

Public Reconstruction Substrate + Separate Machine Training Substrate.

Offline-first Privacy Absolute Strict Infrastructure Separation
TL;DR
  • CC: Public, human-readable, ~2–4 TB.
  • LTC: Separate, machine-optimized, capped at ~10 TB (v0.5).
  • Rule 0: Never share distribution infrastructure.
  • Rule 1: Ship CC first.
  • Team: ~10 people, ~12 months, frozen scope.

Final Directives

  1. Ship Civilizational Core first.
  2. Enforce absolute privacy filtering in both layers.
  3. Maintain strict infrastructure separation between CC and LTC.
  4. Freeze scope for Version 1.0.

Mission

Build a decentralized, verifiable knowledge substrate capable of surviving institutional failure or systemic disruption.

Architectural Overview

Property CC LTC
Primary Goal Human reconstruction Statistical training
Legal Posture Publicly mirrorable Compartmentalized
Distribution Open torrents / public mirrors Separate infrastructure only

Civilizational Core (CC)

Scope (Version 1.0)

Scope Lock: CC v1.0 is capped at 2–4 TB. No expansion beyond defined domains.
  • Wikipedia (all languages)
  • Wiktionary
  • Open textbooks
  • arXiv snapshot
  • UN + EU corpus
  • Open technical standards

Distribution

  • Public torrent swarms
  • Public IPFS roots
  • Institutional mirrors
  • Physical rotation

LLM Training Core (LTC)

Scope (v0.5)

Scope Lock: LTC capped at ~10 TB for initial deployment. Domain balance target:
  • 60% STEM/technical
  • 30% legal/historical
  • 10% linguistic

Privacy Firewall

No emails, phone numbers, private correspondence, scraped forums, medical records, or non-public personal data.

Infrastructure Separation

CC and LTC must use:
  • Distinct torrent swarms (no shared trackers).
  • Separate IPFS roots.
  • Independent physical rotation schedules.
  • No cross-linking in manifests or documentation.

Non-Goals

  • No user accounts.
  • No cloud dependency.
  • No engagement metrics.
  • No monetization infrastructure.
  • No feature creep beyond defined scope.

Operational Feasibility

~10 disciplined contributors can deliver CC v1.0 within 12 months.

The primary risk is scope expansion, not compute or storage.

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