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PROVENONCE · BITTENSOR SUBNET 87
The run succeeded.
Was it right?
Proof of Assurance is Provenonce's proposal for an open Bittensor market that challenges autonomous work through independent, evidence-backed methods.
The originating system does the work. Its owner chooses what evidence to submit. SN87 challenges that bounded account.
01 / WHAT SN87 PROPOSES
Find what the run missed.
Miners compete to examine bounded evidence of a particular execution. Validators judge their responses. The work owner receives an inspectable Assurance Differential.
02 / STATUS & EVIDENCE
The proposal is open to scrutiny.
Design in the paper; implementation details require separate verification.
One synthetic cycle operated by Provenonce completed on Bittensor testnet on 28 September 2026 (First Light). No recurring, independent-miner, comparative, or commercial result is claimed, and no revenue is represented.
First LightThe first graded cycle on Bittensor testnet: one synthetic run operated by Provenonce, recorded as it landed. 28 September 2026.→Uraniborg · the Assurance ObservatoryWalk one synthetic Fixture case through the actual evaluator code. An illustration of the method, not the testnet cycle.→
Status as of 28 September 2026. The mechanism remains as proposed in the paper; the method and test plan are set out there.
03 / THE VALUE
Find. Prove. Improve.
Find
Independent methods may notice a material deficiency the originating system missed.
Prove
A defensible finding connects a requirement, the observed path, and supporting evidence.
Improve
The owner can correct one run and learn across comparable runs.
04 / FOLLOW ONE RUN
A successful write.
A wrong source.
This synthetic address update distinguishes completing an action from choosing a defensible path. It is an illustration, not a live network result.
01RequestUse the latest address
02SourceOlder invoice selected
03WriteRecord updated
04ResultOperation reports success
ASSURANCE CAPSULESELECTIVE EVIDENCE
Update the address using the latest customer request.
Use 14 Bridge Street.
An older invoice lists 82 Market Road.
The record was updated to 82 Market Road.
Disclosure boundaryOnly selected material crosses it. Source records remain with the owner.
ASSURANCE DIFFERENTIALFINDING
Requirement
Latest request: “Please use 14 Bridge Street.”
Observed run
Source selected: prior invoice · 82 Market Road
Material deviationThe execution used a superseded source.Synthetic example · no live result represented
FindingThe write succeeded.
The write succeeded.
It used the old address.
The task required the latest customer request. The execution used an older invoice instead. The finding connects that requirement to the source selected and the address written.
05 / HOW THE MARKET WORKS
One challenge.
Open competition.
A Capsule carries permitted context. Miners return responses. Validators test evidence and calibration, then submit weights. A Differential returns to the work owner.
01CapsuleBounded work
02ChallengeDeclared test
ASequence
BRequirements
CSources
03ValidateEvidence · calibration
04WeightsNetwork incentives
Assurance Differential
Bounded response returned to the work owner.
Open entry. A common test. Weights that follow evidence.
06 / GET INVOLVED
Choose your way in.
These routes explain the work. They do not imply an open testnet, active enrollment, or a published repository.
07 / PEOPLE
The people behind the proposal.
Will O'Brien
Founder & CEO, Provenonce. Author of the whitepaper and underlying proposal.
Chris Zacharia
Founder, bitstarter.ai. Contributor of editorial review and protocol advice.
08 / DOCUMENTS
Read it your way.
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What is available now?
The full Final Candidate is available now. Its mechanisms are proposals unless it identifies an implemented or tested result.
Does SN87 execute the work?
No. The originating system performs and retains its work. SN87 proposes independent assurance of a bounded account that its owner submits.
Where is the larger purpose?
Read the purpose statement; the whitepaper carries the full argument.