Evidence Rules
Evidence makes the oracle challengeable.
V1 should prefer public, repeatable sources and public archive evidence. Private evidence can become a future specialization, but it should not be the default launch path.
Accepted source categories
Section titled “Accepted source categories”| Category | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Retailer product page | Public page with a fixed SKU or product and an identifiable posted price. |
| Distributor catalog page | Public or reproducible catalog page with fixed part number and price or tier price. |
| Manufacturer product or store page | Manufacturer page with fixed product and posted value. |
| Market assessment or benchmark | Recurring public assessment for a fixed RAM/NAND specification or bucket. |
| Public API endpoint | API exposing the same public series. It is not independent if it mirrors another source. |
Rejected source categories
Section titled “Rejected source categories”| Category | Reason |
|---|---|
| Private invoices, broker DMs, emails | Not reproducible enough for V1 challengers. |
| Single seller auctions | Seller, condition, and inventory can shift underneath the source. |
| Search snippets | Not stable source records. |
| Pure aggregators | Usually duplicate an underlying source. |
| Login-only or personalized pricing | Not publicly reproducible. |
| Copy-pasted numbers | No independent evidence trail. |
Wayback and archives
Section titled “Wayback and archives”For public web sources, the cleanest evidence object is a Wayback or archive URL.
The archive should:
- resolve;
- point to the frozen locator;
- show the claimed value;
- match the source definition;
- have a timestamp inside the allowed window.
Source failure
Section titled “Source failure”If a source is temporarily unavailable, the last accepted state carries forward.
If a source becomes permanently non-reproducible, the next monthly source selection process can remove or replace it. Game Mode should not rewrite frozen weights mid-month.