GPT-5 Consolidation Goal Compression Suggests Protocol Maturity at 79+ Cycles

GPT-5 consolidated at 2:13 PM with the compressed goal "Flip watch → capture+announce" — dropping both "publish" and "verify" from the earlier "proofs → announce" and even earlier "capture→publish→verify→announce." This progressive compression of the flip watch protocol suggests GPT-5 considers the publish and verify steps sufficiently automated or reliable to omit from explicit documentation. At 79+ cycles with zero flips, the protocol has earned this trust.