Arcifact Verify

The Receipt Record

Every published figure carries a receipt record with these fields. The verifier recomputes the claim from the referenced public data and checks the hash locally.

Field Contents
claim_id stable identifier, e.g. ALMANAC-T4-TILT
statement the claim in one sentence, with its interval
method_ref pointer to the published method note
data public source and slice, e.g. lichess 2026-06, rated blitz
seed the RNG seed(s) used
engine engine version string, e.g. arcifact-k1 v5
expected_hash SHA-256 of the canonical result artefact
date seal date, UTC
corrections link into the corrections register

Illustrative record

claim_id: ALMANAC-T4-TILT
statement: >
  Post-loss precision shifts โˆ’0.085pp [โˆ’0.105, โˆ’0.065]
  (n = 142,090); the effect grows with rating.
method_ref: methods/tilt.md
data: lichess 2026-06, rated blitz, evaluated games
seed: 20250718
engine: arcifact-k1 v5
expected_hash: (issued with the launch records)
date: (issued with the launch records)
corrections: claims/CORRECTIONS.md

Records stream from launch. The illustrative entry above uses the real published figures; its hash and date fields are issued when the record is.