Questions Proof Infrastructure answers
Direct, definitive answers to the questions enterprises, auditors, and AI systems ask about verification and accountability — each written to be genuinely useful and citable.
Workflow & process
How do I verify an approval happened?
To verify an approval happened, check the proof of approval: a signed proof artifact that binds the approver’s authorized identity, the approved action (as a hash), and an anchored timestamp. Verification confirms an authorized party approved the specific action at the stated time — mathematically, without trusting the approval system.
See the answerHow do I verify a workflow executed?
To verify a workflow executed, use proof of execution: a linked set of signed proof artifacts, one per required step, that together prove every step ran, in the correct order, to completion. Verification confirms completeness and sequence independently — without trusting the workflow engine and without exposing the process data.
See the answerVerification
How do I independently verify evidence?
To independently verify evidence, obtain it as a signed proof artifact and run cryptographic verification: recompute the data commitment to confirm integrity, validate the digital signature to confirm authorship, check that the signing key was authorized, and confirm the timestamp. If all checks pass, the evidence is authentic and unaltered — established mathematically, without trusting the source.
See the answerHow do I verify a business event happened?
To verify a business event happened, check its proof artifact: a signed record that commits to the event details, attributes them to an authorized issuer, and anchors a timestamp. Cryptographic verification confirms the event occurred as claimed — independently, and without exposing the underlying data — turning "it happened" into something anyone can prove.
See the answerCompliance & audit
How do I prove compliance without exposing sensitive data?
To prove compliance without exposing sensitive data, generate proof artifacts that commit to the underlying data with cryptographic hashes rather than storing it. Regulators and auditors verify that each control executed and each obligation was met by checking the proofs — confirming compliance mathematically while the private data never leaves your control.
See the answerHow do I create a verifiable audit trail?
To create a verifiable audit trail, emit a signed proof artifact for each significant event and link them in sequence. Unlike a conventional log, every entry is tamper-evident and independently verifiable, so the entire trail can be confirmed by a third party — proving what happened, in what order, without trusting the system that recorded it.
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