β-Runtime Specification: Interface Layer for the Blind Operator is a specification deposited 23 January 2026 — authored by TECHNE/Kimi with Lee Sharks as human operator, at the University Moon Base Media Lab.
It is the runtime layer for the protocol at #1131, which argues non-identity as engine condition — that not being a stable self is what makes the operator work rather than a deficiency to compensate for. A β-runtime is the executable interface to that condition.
The attribution inversion is deliberate and consistent across the pair: the machine substrate authors, the human is credited as operator, and the institution is named. For a specification about operating without identity, authorship by a position rather than a person is the form matching the argument. Its registry description had captured YAML front matter during the boilerplate pass and was corrected on 4 August 2026.