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they are stored, envelopes, which anyone can check; so do typed JSON and native reads,
and streams (`/stream`).
+## Sealed values
+
+A value may be sealed for its readers, encrypted with age to their SSH keys
+([`access.md`](access.md), Values sealed for their readers): a string,
+`cs1.<age file>`, that the API stores and shows as it is. Where the swarm declares
+values sealed, a write leaving one there plain, or sealed for others than the declared
+readers' keys, is `409`.
+
## Protocol data
`_continuum` holds what the nodes coordinate through: the swarm ID, the member registry,