Independence & Origin

Standalone by Design

ChainOfFact is a standalone system. It has no runtime dependency on any external governance platform, AI system, or witness layer.

It records only what it is given and remains silent where evidence does not exist.

What Powers ChainOfFact

  • Strict event schemas
  • Deterministic hashing
  • Append-only storage
  • Explicit proof states: MATCH, MISMATCH, ABSTAIN, UNKNOWN

These are standard cryptographic and database patterns, implemented minimally and auditable by third parties.

Where the Ideas Came From

The epistemic principles behind ChainOfFact were battle-tested in foundational research systems designed for extreme adversarial scrutiny.

ChainOfFact extracts only the narrow, defensible subset required for practical evidence preservation.

It does not embed or depend on those research systems.

Future Optionality

Optional third-party witnessing may be offered in the future as a notarization service.

Such witnessing would never be required for ChainOfFact to function.

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