[ PROOFECONOMY ]™GlossaryOriginSpecsMinted Attack Proof
A Minted Attack Proof is an Attested Adversarial Proof issued as a unique, hash-chained record for one attack that landed or was stopped. Each record links to the one before it, so the full sequence of attacks and outcomes can be checked for tampering and traced to its issuer.
What it means
To mint a proof is to issue it once, as a unique record with its own identifier, and append it to a chain. One attack produces one Minted Attack Proof. The unit is the outcome of one adversarial action, the same unit as the Unit of Proof.
Why minting matters
- Uniqueness. Each proof has one identifier and cannot be quietly duplicated or reissued.
- Order. Each record carries the hash of the previous one, so a deleted or edited record breaks the chain.
- Provenance. Every record traces back to the issuer that minted it.
- Anchoring. The chain head is published to a Time Anchor or Registry outside the issuer’s control, so the issuer cannot rewrite history unseen.
What it is not
A Minted Attack Proof is not a token or a financial instrument by itself. It is a record. Its value comes from being checkable.