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Thank you, @InputEndorsers , for taking the time to review our proposal so carefully. We truly appreciate it, and we respect the questions you have raised. You are right that this was never only about technology. It is also about trust and political will. For many years, governments were reluctant to change decades old systems. Even when those systems were inefficient, they still worked, so there was little push to replace them. In recent years, this has changed. The Government of India has been very proactive in bringing digitisation to old legacy systems. But even with digitisation, one problem remained unsolved for the police department, and that problem is trust. Every time the integrity of evidence was questioned, cases dragged on, and the government spent a lot of money trying to resolve them. Today, we are seeing a real shift in mindset. Our previous project, the Forensic Management System (FMS), was the first step. When the government saw the real results FMS delivered, it changed how they look at technology in the justice system. That trust is what brought PFMS to this stage. FMS was the first step, and PFMS is the next big leap. The Cardano Treasury is not paying for one state’s software. It is funding an open source PFMS core, released under Apache 2.0, as a public good. Any state or country can reuse it without asking the Treasury to fund the core again. A conventional commercial contract where the government funds it does not solve this problem because it would defeat the purpose of this solution. If the police department builds and owns the system, it is still the same department proving that its own evidence was not changed. That is the conflict of interest you describe. The department does not want to carry the burden of proof itself. It wants a neutral system to carry it. That is why the government chose to use an open source core. Transparency is the core reason for this approach. With PFMS, the state pays 100% of Cardano transaction fees and for the infrastructure for deployment. None of the revenue generated by PFMS belongs to the government. 70% of the revenue goes to the Cardano Treasury, 20% to core Cardano library maintenance, and 10% to us. The government actively wants this change. Today, the burden of proof sits on the police. A small doubt can put the whole chain of evidence in question, cases take much longer, and the state spends a lot of money on these delays. PFMS solves these real problems. It proves that evidence has not been changed, quickly, and without anyone having to trust the department that holds it. It is one clear piece of the bigger problem, and these kinds of use cases are exactly where blockchain technology plays a vital role. FMS was only the beginning. It was the first real step toward proving that Cardano can help transform the public systems people depend on every day. Now, we stand at a far more important moment. We have the opportunity to move Cardano from proving what is possible to becoming a frontrunner in solving real, complex, human problems at scale. We’re very grateful for your time, consideration, and thoughtful questions, and we sincerely hope the additional context we’ve provided will encourage you to reconsider supporting this proposal. Thank you. 🙏