Proof of Pitch · Proof of Talk · Paris

Proof of
Assurance

A Bittensor subnet for verified AI execution. AI can do the work — verification unlocks the market.

Live from the Louvre · Wednesday, June 3 · ~5PM Paris time

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Live from the Louvre.

Will O'Brien presents Proof of Assurance at Proof of Pitch, part of Proof of Talk at the Louvre Palace in Paris. The pitch is expected to be live streamed on X.

Date
Wed, June 3, 2026
Time
~5PM Paris
Venue
The Louvre Palace
Stage
Proof of Pitch
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Stream timing follows the live Proof of Pitch schedule and may shift.

What is Proof of Assurance

Trust belongs in the protocol.

As AI moves from chat into real operations, organizations need more than model output — they need evidence that work was actually completed correctly. Proof of Assurance turns AI workflow execution into structured evidence, has validators score that evidence against predefined requirements, and rewards verified useful work.

01 · Requirements

Canonical Path Contract

The task, rules, and expected evidence are specified before execution — so correctness is defined up front, not argued after.

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02 · Evidence

Evidence Bundle

Miners execute the workflow and produce structured evidence from the run itself — not a claim about the work, but a record of it.

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03 · Assurance

Assurance Score

Validators score the evidence against the requirements. The resulting Assurance Score drives rewards toward verified, useful execution.

Proof of Assurance demo — miners execute a workflow, evidence is verified, and each run receives an assurance score.
Live demo — five miners run the same workflow; only verified, complete execution earns a high Assurance Score.
Why this matters now

AI can do the work. Verification unlocks the market.

As AI moves from chat into operations, mistakes stop being typos and start being operational, financial, and regulatory risk. Trust can't stay manual, subjective, or after-the-fact.

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Work is shifting into operations

Agents are executing real workflows, not just drafting text. The output now carries consequences.

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Output is not the same as assurance

A plausible answer is not proof of correct work. Organizations need evidence tied to the run.

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Trust must be built in, not bolted on

Verification belongs in the execution layer — structured, incentive-aligned, and verifiable by design.

Why Bittensor

Verification needs a market, not a vendor.

Verification can't be a static, centralized service. Agents evolve, incentives matter, and trust must be credibly neutral. Bittensor provides the market structure to make verification open and self-improving.

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Native incentives

Rewards flow to verified, useful work — aligning miners and validators around correctness.

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Decentralized evaluation

Many independent validators score evidence, so assurance doesn't depend on a single party.

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Credible neutrality

Verification lives in a protocol, not behind a brand — and can be reused across the network.

Presentation

The Proof of Pitch deck.

The full presentation given at Proof of Pitch — the problem, the protocol, and the live demo of the loop running.

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Proof of Assurance — Pitch

The complete Proof of Pitch presentation — the problem, the protocol, and the demo of task → evidence → assurance.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

What is Proof of Assurance?+

Proof of Assurance is a Bittensor subnet for verified AI execution. It turns AI workflow execution into structured evidence, has validators score that evidence against predefined requirements, and rewards verified useful work.

What problem does it solve?+

AI can increasingly perform real work, but organizations need proof that the work was actually completed correctly. Proof of Assurance addresses that verification gap — the difference between a plausible output and verifiable execution.

How does it work?+

A Canonical Path Contract defines the task and requirements. Miners execute the workflow and produce Evidence Bundles. Validators score the evidence against the requirements, and the resulting Assurance Score drives rewards.

Is this universal AI verification?+

No. V0 focuses on structured workflows where requirements can be specified in advance — the place where evidence and scoring are most tractable.

Why Bittensor?+

Verification needs native incentives, decentralized evaluation, and credible neutrality. Bittensor provides the market structure for open, incentive-aligned verification that can improve over time.

How does this relate to Provenonce?+

It expands the Provenonce strategy. Provenonce builds infrastructure for governed AI execution and trusted AI workflows; Proof of Assurance brings that trust-layer logic into Bittensor.

Who is presenting?+

Will O'Brien, Founder & CEO of Provenonce — co-founder and former CEO of BitGo, and LP & Senior Strategic Advisor to Blockchain Capital — a crypto industry veteran with a long history building trust infrastructure.

Where and when can I watch?+

The pitch is at Proof of Pitch during Proof of Talk at the Louvre Palace in Paris on Wednesday, June 3, starting around 5PM local time, and is expected to be live streamed via @wallstreetbets and @proofoftalk on X.