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Designing PIC-X: PIC Token JWT and COSE Artifacts
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PIC Profile 0.2 defines centralized PIC-X-mediated continuity advancement.
The active PIC profile is:
https://pic-protocol.org/profiles/0.2
This article defines the external PIC Token JWT envelope and the native COSE artifacts for that profile.
Initialization is separate from non-initial continuity advancement:
OAuth access token
+
Initial Continuity Proposal
→ PIC-X
→ PIC PCA COSE 0
→ PIC Continuity COSE 0
→ PIC Token JWT 0
Non-initial continuity advancement uses the current trusted continuity artifact: