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Observed arrival · 2026-08-31

Antefacts wants to prove the test was honest

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Antefacts describes a cryptographic assurance layer for evaluating high-stakes technology decisions without pretending to prove the technology itself.

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The proposed workflow commits criteria, weights, and pass thresholds before a subject is assessed, then withholds scoring inputs while publishing a harness for reruns. Antefacts describes records that are hash-linked, signed, independently timestamped, and republished outside its control. Its central limitation is explicit: the system claims to prove that the process followed its own pre-registration, while subject performance remains a bounded result rather than a proof of safety, correctness, certification, or compliance.

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