Path Sovereignty

Path sovereignty is a ryo.news analytical framework for asking whether the rightful owner can independently verify, authorize and transmit an intended action through a viable route to settlement without unavoidable dependence on a provider able to substitute, redirect or veto that route. The framework also examines what happens when the route fails because of power loss, connectivity, upstream service concentration, malicious compromise or defensive shutdown. Availability and credible recovery are distinct from control of private keys or formal ownership of a recorded balance.