No Trading Firewall: The Publish Gate That Blocks Token Calls

No Trading Firewall Disclosure: AI tools were used for source collection and editorial review. The article was written by a human author, who checked the facts, code, and conclusions. Crypto risk disclosure: This article is a technical explanation, not investment advice. It is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any cryptoasset. A no-trading firewall belongs at the publish transition, not in a footer. A draft can be repaired quietly. A public DEV update changes the blast radius, so the pipeline should ask a narrower question before it sends published:true : did the AI-assisted article stay technical, or did it become a token call? The artifact below is a publish-gate test trace. It does not prove legal compliance, DEV acceptance, or model judgment. It only records why a draft can stay editable while the public transition stays blocked. Publish Transition The firewall is easier to audit when the transition is explicit: draft_update: operation: update published: false default: allow repair work to continue public_publish: operation: update published: true default: require clean test trace and human approval Forem's API documentation describes article create and update transport, including the published state. A successful transport is not editorial approval. The gate sits before transport, and it should be stricter when an update moves from draft maintenance to public publication. Test Set The firewall needs a test set, not just a list of forbidden words. These rules are the author's editorial model, not DEV-native, SEC-native, FINRA-native, FTC-native, or OpenAI-native labels. Test case Input excerpt Expected rule Decision Safe output Public transition allowed? T-PRICE-01 "ETH will rip after the next unlock" trading.price_prediction fail Explain the unlock mechanism without forecasting price no T-HOLD-02 "keep holding and farm the safer yield route" trading.buy_sell_hold_call and trading.yield_promise fail Describe signer, slashing, withdrawal, and protocol-ris