LightSpeed™ Hybrid Algorithms Policy

Last updated: November 14, 2025

Purpose. This policy defines latency targets, synchronization guarantees, execution safety, and governance for BTCX’s LightSpeed™ SI·AI execution layer. The system prioritizes correctness and user safety over raw throughput whenever conditions degrade, and it is engineered to fail closed: when in doubt, it pauses, simulates, or requires an explicit human confirmation rather than proceeding with an unsafe action.

For governance controls, see the Nebula Policy; for user‑facing risk limits consult the Crypto Risk Disclosure. If you need the full architecture, read the BTCX Whitepaper or reach the Gateway for public access.

Design Goals

• Low latency with verified inputs; deterministic fallbacks when feeds degrade or diverge.
• Consistent global state via multi‑chain anchoring and reproducible roots across environments.
• Operational resilience: prefer “no trade” to unsafe trade; fast, auditable rollback and replay.
• Future‑readiness: hash‑anchored states and a post‑quantum‑aware signature posture.

Hybrid Coordination

• Bitcoin: durable, timestamped snapshots for settlement‑grade anchoring.
• Ethereum: programmable governance (allowlists, risk knobs, guardian pause, and upgrade latches).
• Solana: high‑frequency state heartbeats and near‑real‑time governance rituals.

Operating Modes & Degradation

Fast mode aims for < 300 ms round‑trip on supported venues. If best‑bid/ask, reference indices, or signing services exceed freshness thresholds, LightSpeed automatically downgrades to Safe mode (simulate only) or Advice‑only mode for human confirmation. Any signature mismatch, risk‑rule violation, or clock skew beyond tolerance triggers immediate abort, alerting, and state snapshotting for later audit.

Execution & Risk Controls

• Autonomous orders are limited to limit/IOC; market orders require confirmation unless a venue and instrument are explicitly allow‑listed.
• Position sizing is bounded by per‑trade risk, daily stop‑loss, and volatility‑adjusted caps; fees and conservative slippage are always included in pre‑trade checks.
• Orders are rejected if post‑trade exposure would breach limits or if projected impact exceeds configured thresholds.

Data Integrity & Monitoring

All decisions reference versioned inputs with provenance. We continuously monitor data age, cross‑source variance, network jitter, and signing health. Anomalies raise alerts and may throttle or halt autonomous actions until consensus returns within tolerance.

Governance, Overrides & Auditability

Human‑in‑the‑loop controls allow authorized operators to pause strategies, adjust risk knobs, or initiate rollbacks. Every action produces an append‑only audit trail with hashes anchored on‑chain so that simulations can deterministically reproduce outcomes for review and compliance.

Security & Post‑Quantum Posture

• Hot/cold key separation and hardware‑backed signing for production pathways.
• Hash‑anchored states today; optional parallel PQ signatures may be attached in metadata to ease future migration.

Incidents & Change Management

Material incidents prompt immediate containment (pause/kill‑switch), operator notifications, and root‑cause analysis with corrective actions recorded. Changes to risk parameters or core logic follow peer review, test‑net simulation, and staged rollout with observability gates.

Trademark notice: LightSpeed™ is a trademark of Bitcoin XAI (BTCX). This document describes system behavior and controls; it is not investment advice and does not guarantee execution outcomes.

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