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 | [23](./AIP-23.md) | AERE Proof Protocol (Portable Verifiable-Statement Envelope with Optional Post-Quantum On-Chain Finality) | Standards Track / Interface | **Draft, not ratified (2026-09-26); reference verifier and conformance vectors published 2026-09-27; finality proven end to end on testnet 28001** | |
 
 Numbers are permanent and are never reused, including for withdrawn proposals
-(AIP-1 section 2). Numbering is contiguous from 1 to 22 with no gaps. No AIP
-numbered 23 or higher exists in any Aere repository.
+(AIP-1 section 2). Numbering is contiguous from 1 to 23 with no gaps (corrected
+2026-10-01: until then this sentence still said 22, and that no AIP numbered 23 or higher existed).
 
 ## Which of these are live on chain 2800