Glossary

Issuer

The Issuer is the party that generates a Proof Swarm, holds the labels and publishes the commitments. It must never be the Provider of the control under test.

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: IP-1, Canary Generator, Bait Generator, IP-J2, commitment, reveal

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

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

What it does

• Builds each canary with its content, Color, Path, expected effect, effect token and flags.
• Seals the answer key: hashes every canary into a commitment, builds a Merkle tree over them, and publishes the root bound to a Time Anchor pulse before the first release.
• Lets the beacon choose the order: the release order and good-to-bad ratio come from the second pulse after commitment, so the Issuer cannot arrange the swarm to look good.
• Reveals after the run. Anyone can recompute the root from the public reveal. If it does not match, the run is invalid.
• Publishes the Interface Manifest.

Independence

The Issuer is Integration Point IP-1. It is never the Provider and never the Proof Witness. In the Jailed Canary Protocol the same job is the Bait Generator (IP-J2), which also mints the decoys the bait points at.

Related terms

• Integration Point
• Proof Swarm
• Proof Witness
• Stupid Cryptography
• Time Anchor

Sources

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

Updated 2026-10-23