diff --git a/DEPLOY.md b/DEPLOY.md
index f79a186..cbc0f0d 100644
--- a/DEPLOY.md
+++ b/DEPLOY.md
@@ -168,13 +168,15 @@ server {
 Check: `https://ltl.zkdefi.org/docs` renders the customer
 documentation; `/v1/sth` returns the dogfood-signed head.
 
-## 4. Second mirror (any Forgejo/Gitea/GitLab you operate)
+## 4. Second mirror (an independently-operated host — not yours)
 
 Create a periodic pull-mirror of
-`https://github.com/saymrwulf/lean-transparency-log` on a second,
-independently-operated git host. The published repo is the witness
-channel; two independent mirrors mean split-view lies must fool two
-infrastructures at once — exactly the point.
+`https://github.com/saymrwulf/lean-transparency-log` on a second git
+host **operated by someone else** (e.g. Codeberg). The published repo is
+the witness channel; two independent mirrors mean split-view lies must
+fool two infrastructures at once — exactly the point. A mirror on
+infrastructure the log operator also controls adds convenience, not
+witness value: the operator could equivocate consistently on both.
 
 ## 4b. Key hygiene (non-negotiable)
 
diff --git a/provider/src/pacta_provider/web.py b/provider/src/pacta_provider/web.py
index 5765707..fd9c388 100644
--- a/provider/src/pacta_provider/web.py
+++ b/provider/src/pacta_provider/web.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ from .transparency_log import TransparencyLog
 API_VERSION = "v1"
 
 
-def make_handler(log: TransparencyLog, base_path: str, docs_html: str):
+def make_handler(log: TransparencyLog, base_path: str, docs_html: str, paper_pdf: bytes | None = None):
     base = "/" + base_path.strip("/") if base_path.strip("/") else ""
 
     class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
@@ -43,6 +44,16 @@ def make_handler(log: TransparencyLog, base_path: str, docs_html: str):
 
             if route in ("/", "/docs"):
                 self._send_html(docs_html)
+            elif route in ("/paper", "/paper/ltl.pdf"):
+                if paper_pdf is None:
+                    self._send(404, {"error": "paper not available on this deployment"})
+                    return
+                self.send_response(200)
+                self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/pdf")
+                self.send_header("Content-Disposition", 'inline; filename="ltl.pdf"')
+                self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(paper_pdf)))
+                self.end_headers()
+                self.wfile.write(paper_pdf)
             elif route == "/healthz":
                 self._send(200, {"ok": True, "tree_size": len(log.entries())})
             elif route == f"/{API_VERSION}/metadata":
@@ -112,6 +123,7 @@ def make_handler(log: TransparencyLog, base_path: str, docs_html: str):
                     "error": "unknown endpoint",
                     "endpoints": [
                         f"{base}/docs",
+                        f"{base}/paper",
                         f"{base}/healthz",
                         f"{base}/{API_VERSION}/metadata",
                         f"{base}/{API_VERSION}/sth",
@@ -161,5 +173,7 @@ def serve(
         from .webdocs import render_docs
 
         docs_html = render_docs(log, base_path)
-    handler = make_handler(log, base_path, docs_html)
+    paper_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3] / "paper" / "ltl.pdf"
+    paper_pdf = paper_path.read_bytes() if paper_path.is_file() else None
+    handler = make_handler(log, base_path, docs_html, paper_pdf)
     return ThreadingHTTPServer((host, port), handler)
diff --git a/provider/src/pacta_provider/webdocs.py b/provider/src/pacta_provider/webdocs.py
index e1d772b..580bbd1 100644
--- a/provider/src/pacta_provider/webdocs.py
+++ b/provider/src/pacta_provider/webdocs.py
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ the content hash) and build it yourself — compiler and build are declared trus
 until the reproducible-builds program (R5) lands. Every attestation carries its full
 residual-risk list. Honesty about the boundary is the product.</div>
 
+<h2>The paper</h2>
+<div class="card"><a href="{base}/paper"><strong>LTL: the Lean Transparency Log</strong></a>
+(PDF, 4 pages) — the design in full: the trust model (observations, never verdicts),
+the self-certifying signature, the deployment with its retained failure leaves, and an
+exact account of what a verified receipt does and does not establish.</div>
+
 <p class="muted">Log heads are signed offline; this service is read-only and holds no
 key material. Provider tooling, agent tooling, and the full course (12 Jupyter
 lectures) live in the <a href="https://github.com/saymrwulf/proof-aware-crypto-tooling-agent">pacta repository</a>.</p>
diff --git a/tests/test_web_and_witness.py b/tests/test_web_and_witness.py
index b223cbe..96d74ab 100644
--- a/tests/test_web_and_witness.py
+++ b/tests/test_web_and_witness.py
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ def test_web_endpoints_and_online_proof_roundtrip(tmp_path):
         assert consistency["from_tree_size"] == 2 and consistency["proof"]
         history = get("/v1/sth-history")["sth_history"]
         assert len(history) == 3  # one head per append
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(base + "/paper", timeout=10) as r:
+            assert r.headers["Content-Type"] == "application/pdf"
+            assert r.read(5) == b"%PDF-"
     finally:
         server.shutdown()