Record ID

A Record ID is the content hash of a Proof Protocol record's canonical form, excluding its signature envelope, so the same record has the same ID everywhere and adding a signature never changes it.

ProofJack Rating: Human 50% · AI 50% (self-estimated; PP-SPEC-077 AI_DISCLOSURE: records requirement human; Record ID construction proposed by Claude)

Also known as: Signature Envelope, Registry Receipt, Bundle, canonical form

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 record terms

Term	Meaning
Record ID	Content hash of the record’s canonical form, without signatures. The same record has the same ID everywhere.
Signature Envelope	The detached, append-only set of signatures on a record. Adding a signature does not change the Record ID.
Registry Receipt	A signed acknowledgment from a Registry that it recorded the record under a stated root and Time Anchor pulse.
Bundle	A record that aggregates a set of Units of Proof or result series by Merkle root under one Holder.

Why it matters

A proof is a record anyone can recompute, sign, register and cite without asking its producer. Stable identity is what lets a person and a machine verify the same thing and get the same answer.

Related terms

Sources

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

Updated 2026-10-23