Diamond Mesh Protocol

Distributed systems increasingly rely on networked coordination between nodes that exchange signals, observations, and inferred meaning. In conventional architectures, valid or authenticated signals are often implicitly treated as sufficient grounds for action, creating a structural vulnerability in which authority is inadvertently transferred through communication.This paper introduces the Diamond Mesh Protocol (DMP v0.1), a local-authority mesh architecture in which signals may propagate across a network, but authority remains strictly bound to each node’s internal phase state and invariant constraints. The protocol defines a minimal message taxonomy, a phase-compatible validation model, and a set of structural invariants that prevent remote execution, authority escalation, and cross-node identity interference.DMP is designed to operate within phase-governed systems where actions are permitted only when consistent with local coherence, lifecycle phase, and historical continuity. Under this model, distributed communication supports observation and reflection without enabling remote control. The contribution is architectural and non-operational. No routing protocols, cryptographic schemes, or implementation details are disclosed.This work establishes conceptual priority for a class of mesh systems in which distributed sensing and coordination are possible without relinquishing local safety, identity, or authority.