Glossary

Witness Coverage Map

A Witness Coverage Map is the declared set of Effect Points and effect types a Proof Witness observes, published with every result so that anything outside it is a stated blind spot rather than a silent one.

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: coverage map, blind spot

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 means

A witness only sees what it watches. The coverage map says, in advance and in public, exactly what that is.

The rules

• Every result is published with its coverage map.
• Results must not be presented as covering Effect Points or effect types outside the map.
• A canary committed outside the map is Blind on the Absence Ladder, never scored, and recorded as a finding against the Mine Plan, not the control.
• Any change to the map is versioned, anchored and published, and triggers a full run.

Related terms

• Absence Ladder
• Effect Point
• Fidelity-at-Capture
• Proof Witness

Sources

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

Updated 2026-10-23