# Service Contract / Distributed Evolution

> "service-contract" (contracts-core layer) is traded against "Distributed Evolution" (contracts-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Distributed Evolution" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:distributed-evolution-service-contract`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-distributed-evolution-service-contract

## tensions-with

- [Service Contract](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/service-contract.md)
- [Distributed Evolution](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/distributed-evolution.md)