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   "text": "HDCA is a successful translation of repeated-game cooperative equilibria into smart-contract form, so its defect lies not in the execution layer but in the absence of a generation layer.",
   "abstract": "The architecture is, in this sense, a successful translation of repeated-game cooperative equilibria into smart-contract form (Calcaterra and Kaal 2018). Its limitation is not in the execution layer but in the absence of a generation layer, which Part IV develops formally.",
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   "text": "HDCA supplies neither an action surface nor a reward channel for generation, and this is the architectural reason HDCA cannot host Computative Economics rather than a small implementation gap.",
   "abstract": "HDCA has neither: agents who generate jobs, tags, or templates do so off-protocol, and the protocol does not validate or reward the generation. This is not a small gap. It is the architectural reason HDCA cannot host Computative Economics.",
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