Recommended minting hierarchy Parent Primary child Secondary child Use child Keyring child Owner Yes Normally through PA Normally through PA Normally through PA Primary Author Optional Yes Yes Yes Secondary Author No Optional Yes Yes Use Key No No Optional narrower Use No Keyring Key No No No Optional narrower Keyring For the MVP defaults: PA → PA: disabled unless Owner explicitly enables it. SA → SA: disabled unless explicitly enabled. Use → Use: disabled. Keyring → Keyring: disabled. No upward minting is ever allowed. A Use Key can never mint an Author Key. A Keyring Key can never mint an Author or Use Key.