What counts as evidence, and what Proofworks declines.
Standards set the floor for what a reviewer can accept into evidence. They are a short, plain-English read — never a long legal policy.
Acceptable evidence
Evidence-privacy tiers
Each tier describes what the steward panel holds vs. what surfaces on the public ledger. Pick any combination on the claim form — the tier you select controls what anyone can see at the /verify page for the minted Degree of Proof.
Steward only
Raw evidence stays inside the steward panel. /verify never exposes the originals.
Public summary
A steward-curated one-line summary of what was reviewed. Augmented with the audit hash on /verify.
Redacted
Steward panel reviews a redacted version of the artifacts. Specific redaction criteria are set by the panel, not by you.
Integrity hash
What appears on /verify is the SHA-256 audit hash of the bundle — no image, no body, just an integrity stamp that is independently verifiable and tamper-evident on the public ledger while protected evidence remains private.
A short moderation note
Proofworks declines claims containing material that is unsafe, unlawful, abusive, exploitative, non-consensual, or that violates another person's privacy. The review is dignified and proportionate, and the same submission standards apply to every claimant. The longer, plain-English list of categories the steward panel excludes on legality, safety, or consent grounds lives at /submission-rules.
The standards above set what counts as evidence. The four-stage review loop — stewards, evidence, number, audit — explains how a claim moves from file to minted Degree of Proof.