Milestones
MS-001
The First Number Was Assigned to Nothing
Deliberately, and it is still empty
Milestone
Reached
The register issued its first number before any piece existed to carry it. The number was never filled, and it is still held open.
What Was Done
The register issued its first number against no object, to prove that issuing worked before anything depended on it.
Why It Was Not Reused
Reassigning it to the first real piece would have made the register's own first act invisible, and would have meant the first number in the archive was a lie about when it was created.
What It Is Now
An entry that resolves, describes itself as empty, and points at this one.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Number | The first |
| Object | None, ever |
| Reassigned | No |
| Held open | Permanently |
The cheapest way to keep a register honest is to let its first number stay empty. It costs one number and it makes the sequence impossible to backdate.
Milestone
- Issued
- Against nothing.
- Reassigned
- No.
- Status
- Held open permanently.