Block 4016 ( zuse.4th - Bootstrap superuser for StarForth ACL ) ( Named for Konrad Zuse, pioneer of programmable computers. ) ( Sole superuser; mints credentials; owns emergency REPL. ) ( Loaded by ACL.4th; must not load before ACL.4th. ) ( Thumbdrive-resident Ed25519 PKI (2026-08-28) -- her seed ) ( lives only on her own minted drive, never system-resident. ) ( HUMAN-REVIEW: capsule hash = root of superuser trust. ) ( Cert (seed+pubkey) lives in C-only VM fields, installed by ) ( capsule_zuse_boot.c on genesis-mint or thumbdrive attach. ) ( NOT a CONSTANT: ACL-PIN blocks redefinition, not a ) ( >BODY-then-store, so a pinned CONSTANT isn't tamper-proof. ) ( Read with ZUSE-PUBKEY@ / ZUSE-CERT-INSTALLED? -- both C ) ( primitives, read-only; the seed has no FORTH access at all. ) Block 4017 ( ACL-ZUSE-BOOT ( -- ) re-invokable: capsule_zuse_boot.c ) ( calls it again once a thumbdrive attach installs a cert. ) ( Only authenticates if a real cert is installed -- refuses ) ( god-mode to a Zuse with no real identity behind her. ) ( ZUSE-AUTHENTICATE is C-only; no FORTH word grants god-mode ) ( except through this sequence. ) : ACL-ZUSE-BOOT ( -- ) ZUSE-CERT-INSTALLED? IF ZUSE-AUTHENTICATE LOG-INFO" zuse: activated" ELSE LOG-INFO" zuse: NOT activated -- no cert installed" THEN ; Block 4018 ( Pin against redefinition -- once, after definition closes; ) ( ['] from inside its own body can't find itself mid-compile, ) ( found live 2026-08-28 activating ACL.4th for the first time. ) ( Pinning doesn't block re-EXECUTION, only redefinition -- the ) ( re-invoke above still works after this runs. Self-activates. ) ['] ACL-ZUSE-BOOT ACL-PIN ACL-ZUSE-BOOT