$PROOF token & protocol whitepaper

Executive summary

Proof of Trust is a Web3 identity and reputation protocol designed to connect social identity, verifiable contribution and future payment utility. Users connect a supported social identity such as X, participate in verified activities, build a Proof Score and establish a Proof ID.

The community layer uses tasks, contributions, referrals and ecosystem participation as acquisition and engagement mechanisms. The longer-term product extends beyond campaign rewards into a persistent identity and reputation layer that can simplify discovery, contribution and future payment experiences.

1 · The problem

Fragmented identity. Online identity is scattered across social accounts, wallets, communities and applications. A person can have years of public contributions without a portable way to present that history as a structured reputation signal.

Low-signal campaigns. Many Web3 campaigns optimize for clicks, follows and short-lived activity without adequately distinguishing genuine contributors from automated or Sybil accounts.

Poor payment UX. Wallet addresses are functional but difficult to remember and easy to copy incorrectly. Proof of Trust can eventually provide a human-readable identity layer for payment discovery.

2 · The solution

Proof of Trust combines social identity and contribution records into one product layer. Users connect their X identity, complete eligible activities, contribute to projects, build reputation signals and establish a Proof ID.

The protocol does not claim that a social account makes a person inherently trustworthy. Proof Score represents observable and verifiable participation under disclosed rules. Scores, eligibility and rewards remain subject to anti-abuse controls and protocol policies.

3 · Product architecture

Proof ID — a human-readable identity and the foundation of a user's profile. Signing up, building a Proof Score and completing tasks require no wallet at all; a payout address is typed in only at the point of claiming, with no wallet connection and no transaction to approve. Future versions may use Proof ID for payment discovery and wallet resolution.

Proof Score — a reputation signal derived from what an account actually does: verified tasks, contribution history, product testing, feedback, authentic engagement, referrals and other disclosed signals. Account age and continuity may add weight, but they are never a gate — a new account can earn from its first action. The scoring model may evolve as anti-gaming research improves.

Campaign & task layer — projects and partners create structured activities such as follows, reposts, comments, community participation, product testing, bug reports and feedback.

Anti-Sybil layer — rate limits, account-quality signals, contribution history, task verification, referral controls and anomaly detection. No single signal is treated as perfect proof of a human.

4 · Community & airdrop

The allocation is 300,000,000 $PROOF (30% of total supply) — the single largest allocation in the model, ahead of liquidity, treasury and the team. It is released in two halves. 200,000,000 $PROOF (20% of supply) is the pre-launch Season 1 pool, earned and claimed before the token goes live. The remaining 100,000,000 $PROOF (10% of supply) is reserved for post-launch seasons and does not unlock at TGE.

Season 1 is first come, first served. There is no headcount cap and no fixed per-person entitlement: members earn through verified contributions and referrals, claim when they qualify, and the pool is distributed until it is empty. Claimed, earned-but-unclaimed and remaining balances are published live on the site, so anyone can see where the pool stands before they start.

What a member earns is not a flat figure. A welcome allocation is drawn on connection and scaled by a multiplier derived from the age of the linked X account, so an account with years of history is weighted above one opened last week — but every verified account earns something, and the floor is never zero. Each verified task and each referral adds to the total, bounded by a published per-account ceiling so that no single participant can absorb a meaningful share of the pool.

Eligibility does not guarantee a fixed monetary value. Distribution mechanics, anti-Sybil filters and claim conditions may be updated before launch to protect the ecosystem.

5 · $PROOF utility

The launch product prioritizes real utility over speculative token mechanics. Exact utility activated at launch depends on the product release sequence.

• Participation — ecosystem reward and contribution mechanisms.
• Campaigns — incentives for verified community and partner activity.
• Access — protocol features and ecosystem programs as utility matures.
• Alignment — a common economic coordination layer for the ecosystem.

7 · Vesting philosophy

The vesting model reduces sudden supply shocks and aligns contributors with long-term protocol development. Team and core contributors carry the strongest long-duration lock. Treasury reserves are protected by a cliff and extended linear release. Marketing, grants and partnerships retain enough TGE flexibility to support operations while limiting immediate circulating supply.

Launch supply discipline — actual circulating supply at TGE is disclosed separately from total supply. Only three allocations unlock anything at launch: the pre-launch airdrop pool (200,000,000), liquidity (250,000,000) and 10% of growth and marketing (8,000,000). That puts a ceiling of 458,000,000 $PROOF — 45.8% of total supply — in circulation at TGE. It is a ceiling rather than a forecast: the airdrop is first come, first served, so only the portion actually claimed before launch enters circulation, and the 100,000,000 post-launch half stays locked at TGE. Everything else sits behind a cliff. Locked allocations, unclaimed community allocations and vested-but-unreleased balances are not presented as freely circulating.

8 · Liquidity framework

Liquidity represents 25% of total supply (250,000,000 $PROOF), kept as one top-level allocation in the public view. Operationally the reserve may support initial DEX liquidity, future DEX depth, CEX liquidity, cross-chain liquidity and market-making requirements, subject to the final launch plan.

Liquidity management, lock periods and wallet disclosures are published before launch where practicable. The objective is transparent market infrastructure without implying guaranteed price stability.

9 · Governance & treasury

As the ecosystem matures, governance can evolve from operational control toward transparent community and stakeholder processes. Treasury usage follows documented policies, with material allocations disclosed where practical.

Potential governance areas include ecosystem grants, campaign standards, treasury programs, partnerships and protocol parameters. Governance authority is introduced only where contracts and operational processes can support it responsibly.

11 · Security, abuse prevention & data

Proof of Trust minimizes collection of unnecessary personal data. Authentication uses standard OAuth patterns for supported social accounts. Private keys are never requested by the protocol. Sensitive information is protected through access controls, retention limits and security practices.

Anti-abuse systems monitor campaign farming, referral loops, duplicate identities, automated engagement and other patterns that distort rewards. Eligibility may be withheld or adjusted when activity fails published criteria.

12 · Risks & disclaimers

Digital assets and Web3 protocols involve significant technical, market, regulatory and operational risks. $PROOF is not described as a guaranteed investment, and no price, return or monetary outcome is promised. Token utility, distribution mechanics and launch timing may change as the protocol develops.

Users should evaluate smart-contract risk, liquidity risk, market volatility, regulatory requirements, third-party platform dependencies and the possibility of loss before interacting with the ecosystem. Nothing here constitutes financial, legal or tax advice.

13 · Conclusion

Proof of Trust aims to make reputation useful infrastructure for the next generation of online communities. By connecting social identity, verifiable contribution and future payment-friendly identity, the protocol moves beyond short-lived campaigns toward a persistent reputation layer.