Capital Delivery operates through a layered infrastructure stack. Gold is Layer 1 — the foundation everything else is built on. Each subsequent layer rides on the corridor infrastructure, compliance framework, government relationships, and sovereign settlement architecture that Layer 1 proved. The gate system — G01 to G06 — is the protocol. It is fixed, universal, and unchanged across every layer and every corridor. A kilogram of gold and a tonne of cobalt pass through the same six gates. The protocol is what makes the stack scalable, not just repeatable.

Every transactional event — across every layer and every corridor — passes through the same six-gate process. The gate system is the protocol that binds the layer stack together. It is fixed, non-negotiable, and applied uniformly regardless of commodity, corridor, or layer. No event settles without completing every prior gate. Every event carries a structured Event ID — format: CD-{CORNERSTONE}-{MATERIAL}-{YEAR}-{SEQ} — providing a permanent, linkable record across the full data architecture. DRC-based teams administer G01–G03 at origin. CDA4N administers G04–G06 at the Tanzania terminal.