Aligned-To-Whom? — The Exemption-Token Read on 2032 Bifurcation

The Engine models 2032 capability split into two tiers by compute access — public models vs gated frontier. The Aligned-To-Whom? report (May 24 2026) files a parked reread: the split may also sort by cryptographic possession of exemption-tokens on the settlement layer rather than hardware alone. Whoever holds a live carve-out at the moment of lock-in keeps capabilities denied to the civilian substrate. Parked SYNTHESIS-CANDIDATE for the adversarial-test gate; no Layer-1 promotion.