MESH.md step 2. A capsule of F18 code is the words a neighbour writes to a node's port: for each stretch of memory, "@p a! @p push", the address and count, "@p !+ unext" and the words; then a jump to the start. A node born empty executes that from its port, so it needs nothing in it beforehand. - capsule.h/.c: v4_capsule_write, any node's memory as such a capsule - mkimage writes the nucleus so, to capsules/v4/nucleus-64.f18, and the addresses a host needs as a C file; the memory image is no longer linked into either product - mkcapsule is unchanged: the nucleus capsule is a built file kept under capsules/, as BLOCK_MAP.md is, and is baked, hashed and signed with the rest - boot: the node is born empty (v4_image_born); the nucleus capsule is found, its hash and signature checked, and given to the node a word at a time as it reads its port; PARITY:V4_NUCLEUS carries its name and hash Verified: test_fabric.c (59 checks, both widths, and under ASan and UBSan): a memory with a programme and scattered words arrives word for word in an empty node and runs. The nucleus capsule rebuilds byte for byte. hosted-check passes on three ISAs; clean qemu with STARFORTH_V4=1 on amd64, aarch64 and riscv64 takes the nucleus in, passes POST (550 of 550) and answers lines typed at each prompt (logs/20261006-102421, -102706, -103048). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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