[ PROOFECONOMY ]™GlossaryOriginSpecsThird-Party Adversarial Proof
Third-Party Adversarial Proof is adversarial test evidence produced or witnessed by a party that is independent of both the vendor whose system is tested and the buyer relying on the result. It removes the conflict of interest in vendor-run and buyer-run testing.
What it means
A vendor testing its own product has a stake in the result. A buyer testing a product it already chose has a stake too. Third-Party Adversarial Proof places the witness, the record and the verdict with a party that has neither stake.
What makes the third party independent
The test is Structural Independence: no outcome-contingent payment, no operational control handed over, no reporting line to the party measured, and no way for the measured party to change the environment during capture.
Relationship to the other proofs
- Attested Adversarial Proof says who witnessed the result.
- Third-Party Adversarial Proof says that witness had no stake.
- Verifiable Adversarial Proof lets anyone check it.
- Reproved Efficacy shows a second independent party got the same answer.
Related terms
- Adjudicator
- Proof Witness
- Reproved Efficacy
- Self-Attestation Oxymoron (SAO)
- Structural Independence
- Verifiable Adversarial Proof