Field notes from the Athena Systems team. Justin Moriarty (appraisal SME) writes about practice; Darin Molnar, PhD (CTO) writes about the system. Alternating weeks.https://athenadecisionsystems.com/en-ushttps://athenadecisionsystems.com/blog/why-we-built-the-verifier-as-wasm/https://athenadecisionsystems.com/blog/why-we-built-the-verifier-as-wasm/Cryptographic verification has a credibility problem on the web. WebAssembly is how we solved it without making customers install a CLI.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTverifierwebassemblyaudit-chaintechnicalDarin Molnar, PhDhttps://athenadecisionsystems.com/blog/reading-a-decision-record/https://athenadecisionsystems.com/blog/reading-a-decision-record/What's in a sealed Decision Record, what it actually proves, and what an appraiser should look for when they open one.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTdecision-recordaudit-chainfor-appraisersJustin Moriartyhttps://athenadecisionsystems.com/blog/welcome-to-north-star/https://athenadecisionsystems.com/blog/welcome-to-north-star/Why two people built an appraisal-compliance platform with a cryptographic audit chain — and what we hope you find useful here.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTlaunchaboutThe Athena Systems team