Gravity Standards Governance v1.0

# Gravity Standards Governance v1.0

Governance ID: GSG-1

Status: Canonical

Maintainer: GravityBTC

## Purpose

This document defines how Gravity standards are created, amended, versioned, superseded, and preserved.

## Standard Lifecycle

Draft
Review
Canonical
Superseded
Deprecated

## Versioning

Major revisions increment:

v1 → v2

Minor revisions increment:

v1.0 → v1.1

## Amendment Requirements

Every amendment must:

- identify affected standard
- explain reason for amendment
- generate new hash
- generate new verification record
- preserve prior version

## Preservation

Superseded standards remain publicly accessible.

Historical references are preserved.

## Authority Principle

Gravity standards are governed through transparency, preservation, and verification.

Authority is derived from continuity, not assertion.