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 "_note": "Written by scripts/check-dependencies.ts in both build chains from data/dependencies.json, data/dependency-changes.jsonl, data/organizations.json, /data/rankings.json and the DefiLlama snapshots; a build output, not committed. Beside the ranking, never in it: no score or order reads this file.",
 "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
 "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "attribution": "ChainChoice (https://chainchoice.io)",
 "url": "https://chainchoice.io/data/dependencies.json",
 "generatedAt": "2026-11-12",
 "what": "What ranked placements rest on that they do not control (price oracles, settlement chains, data layers, messaging layers, bridges, and the parent company), how many ranked placements in a category share each one and the TVL resting on them, and every recorded change to them with its date.",
 "rule": "A category page states each dependency or parent that more than 50% of its ranked placements rest on. A move from a dependency to a lower-rated one (its own published score lower, or unranked) after a placement's last read makes that placement due for a re-read 14 days after the move, ahead of the review cadence (/data/review-calendar.json, pulledDue).",
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