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About this paper
Jixiang Luo
XScientist proposes a Git-like protocol for handing off histories rather than final papers. It records checkpoints, failures, evidence, and claim–evidence links, allowing a successor to inspect or fork a run. In a test of 120 mutated artifacts, its combined checks rejected six selected fault classes but matched Git and hashing in coverage. This establishes neither scientific truth nor better discovery.
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