Disclosure Level

A Disclosure Level states who may read a Proof Protocol record's contents: public, holder-only, embargoed or sealed.

ProofJack Rating: Human 86% · AI 14% (self-estimated; No per-term record; PP-SPEC-077 AI_DISCLOSURE shares (conception 92/8, naming 80/20))

Also known as: public, holder_only, embargoed, sealed

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

First used: PP-SPEC-077, ProofSwarm: The Dead Canary Protocol, October 2026, by Craig Thomas Ellrod

The levels

Level	Who may read the contents	Registry holds
`public`	Anyone	The full record
`holder_only`	The Holder and parties it authorizes	Record ID, receipt and envelope; contents encrypted to the Holder
`embargoed`	Holder and Issuer until the embargo lifts	As `holder_only`, with the lift condition
`sealed`	No one until the sealing party opens it	Record ID and receipt only

Existence is always public

Whatever the level, a record’s existence, Record ID, Registry Receipt, Disclosure Level, Holder identifier and time of registration are public. A party can prove a record exists and was registered at a given time without revealing what it says.

Where it matters

The public reveal of a run is public, so anyone can recompute the commitments and adjudicate. The full canary content goes out at holder_only.
A Black canary exploiting an undisclosed vulnerability gets the Sealed outcome: adjudicated, but published as a commitment only until coordinated disclosure.
Rates computed over a Bundle that includes non-public records state how many non-public records they include.

Related terms

Sources

ProofSwarm: The Dead Canary Protocol (PP-SPEC-077)

Updated 2026-10-23