The submission fee funds independent claim review; it does not purchase approval or a credential.
$50 funds independent claim review; it does not purchase approval or a credential.
Submission fee for independent claim review.
The submission fee funds independent claim review; it does not purchase approval or a credential.
$50 funds independent claim review; it does not purchase approval or a credential.
The intake reply within two business days, the intake questionnaire, routing the claim to the steward panel, and the operating costs of running the platform. Nothing in the fee purchases the credential itself — a claimant pays for adjudication, not for an outcome.
Each steward is paid per claim on a fixed cadence, regardless of outcome. Stewards do not work for the claimant, the employer, or any downstream verifier — the fee pays their time, not their verdict. Unsuccessful claims do not produce a credential.
Every state change — submission, panel convened, revisions, approval, decline, minting, contest, revocation — is recorded with date and reason in the registry. The trail is what makes the credential independently verifiable and tamper-evident while protected evidence remains private; the public record verifies status, provenance, decision state, and integrity without exposing protected evidence.
Proofworks is paid to record the work — independently verifiable and tamper-evident on the public ledger while protected evidence remains private; the public record verifies status, provenance, decision state, and integrity without exposing protected evidence. There is no per-issuance fee, no surcharge for a favorable credential, and no refund on a declined claim by virtue of being declined. The credential is the audit, not a product.
The mission-aligned promise
The submission fee funds independent claim review; it does not purchase approval or a credential.
How review actually runs
Step 1 is the panel's reading of the evidence on its own signal. Step 2 is the audit log capturing every decision with date, reason, and the stewards behind it. Step 2 is what makes the credential contestable later.
Read the reviewer-independence & contest governance recordGeneral Stewards approve or reject; Specialists may request revisions when the Specialist route is used. Every decision is recorded in the audit history.
Stewards are paid whether the claim is approved or declined.
Every state change in the pipeline — submission received, panel convened, decline, revision request, approval, minting — is filed in the audit log with date and reason. A credential is only as good as the record under it.
Auditable from issuance until any contest or revocation.
Where each claim lands
The claim becomes a numbered Degree of Proof. The claimant is emailed the credential ID; anyone resolving /verify/[id] sees holder, capability, track, status, and the originating claim — no login required.
/verify/<id>The audit log records why. The claimant sees the steward note and can carry the claim forward at /resubmit/[id] with new evidence — the prior decision stays on the trail, the receipt stands.
/resubmit/<id>What is expected
The credential is a record that the panel weighed the right artifacts. Each track uses evidence that matches the capability being claimed.
How review actually runs
How review actually runs
Typical timeframe
General Stewards approve or reject; Specialists may request revisions when the Specialist route is used. Every decision is recorded in the audit history.
5 day working norm · strong signal, not hard.
The submission fee funds independent claim review; it does not purchase approval or a credential.
Receipt matched · pre-checkout disclosure
$50 funds independent claim review; it does not purchase approval or a credential. Before payment, this claim is a private, editable Draft: it is not submitted or in the permanent ledger and can be permanently deleted. Payment creates the permanent Submitted record, timestamp, and Steward routing.
Stripe collects the fee before any review.
The first artifact is the claim. Bring one.
One short form, one or more pieces of evidence, one Stripe receipt. The submission sits in a held state until the receipt confirms — only then does it enter the queue.
Questions?
If anything on this page is unclear — what counts as evidence for your capability, how a contest would run, why the fee is what it is — write to the platform inbox first. Replies land within two business days.