chore(release): prepare verifier patch 0.4.2 (#5)

Author: ascender1729

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## [0.4.2] - 2026-10-12
 
-These changes describe main-branch source. They do not announce a Maven Central
-release or imply that configured version 0.4.1 has been republished.
+Includes the verification fixes merged after 0.4.1; earlier artifacts remain
+unchanged.
 
 ### Verification
 

README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The checkout uses Bouncy Castle `bcprov-jdk18on` 1.86, as declared in
 ./gradlew build --no-daemon
 ```
 
-The configured publication coordinates are `com.vibetensor:attestix:0.4.1`.
+The configured publication coordinates are `com.vibetensor:attestix:0.4.2`.
 These coordinates do not establish Maven Central availability or publication of
 main-branch fixes. Build a reviewed checkout or confirm the contents of the
 release you select before depending on its verification behavior.

build.gradle.kts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ plugins {
 // Namespace VERIFIED on the Sonatype Central Portal (DNS TXT on vibetensor.com).
 // Was io.vibetensor (a domain we do not own) - corrected to the verified one.
 group = "com.vibetensor"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 description = "Attestix offline credential verifier for Java - verify Ed25519 W3C VCs + UCAN delegations issued by the Attestix Python core."
 
 java {