Disclosed Interests, Sponsor and Funding Tier

disclosed_interests is the field on every Proof Protocol record that lists every financial, commercial, maintainer or patent relationship between the parties to a run. The Sponsor is whoever pays for an Engagement; the funding tier, under PP-SPEC-025, says whether it was Provider-Funded, Implementor-Funded or PESA-Governed.

ProofJack Rating: Human 67.5% · AI 32.5% (self-estimated; No per-term record; PP-SPEC-079 AI_DISCLOSURE shares (conception 80/20, naming 55/45))

Also known as: disclosed_interests, Sponsor, funding tier, Provider-Funded, Implementor-Funded, PESA-Governed, PP-SPEC-025, maintainer independence

Mynted 2026-10-23 · Updated 2026-10-23

First used: PP-SPEC-079, Proof of Performance Engagement: The Coal Mine Protocol, 13 October 2026, by Craig Thomas Ellrod

disclosed_interests

Every party with a financial interest in a run is disclosed in the run record (077 Section 4.4).
Fees, in-kind contributions, equipment loans and any commercial relationship between the Lab, the Implementor and the Provider are listed on every record the Engagement produces.
Where the Lab, the Issuer or any seam operator is the maintainer of the specification, a holder of patent claims that read on it, or an affiliate of either, that relationship is stated in disclosed_interests on every record, and the Proof Witness in that Engagement must be a party with none of those relationships. The specification names, prefers and requires no operator.
The Interface Manifest carries each seam occupant’s disclosed interests before release.

Whoever pays. The Sponsor has no seam. It must not select or see canaries before reveal, occupy any seam the Provider may not occupy, delay, veto or condition publication, or receive results before the Implementor and Provider receive them together.

Funding tier (PP-SPEC-025)

Tier	Meaning
Provider-Funded	The vendor paid. Permitted in Independent Test Lab Mode with the Provider removed from every seam and publication mandatory. The record states “Provider-Funded” in its title block.
Implementor-Funded	The customer paid. The recommended form, In-Situ or Lab.
PESA-Governed	Funded under the PESA governance structure.

Every Engagement declares its Sponsor and tier in the Engagement Manifest and on the Performance Record. An Acceptance Profile may accept or refuse tiers.

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Updated 2026-10-23