How it works
From a single transactionto a public record.
A short walkthrough of the lifecycle, the four roles, and the lines the protocol refuses to cross.
How it works
Four steps from observation to public record.
Scroll through the lifecycle of a single report.
1Report with evidence
Attach a transaction hash and write only what the record can support. No source, no report.
Step 01 · file
Wallet
7gBX…9xQ2
Transaction hash · required
MpmpVxKama…7t9A3nsv
Note
Outbound transfer followed by a split across 14 accounts.
2Stake your signal
Filing commits 50 $WTNS in the planned live protocol. It shows you stand behind the evidence, and it is refunded when others corroborate it.
Step 02 · stake
50 $WTNS
Staked on filing. Refunded on corroboration.
Planned for the live protocol. This proof of concept does not move funds.
3Corroborate or slash
Other reporters can add agreement to the same evidence. Reports found to be made in bad faith can lose their stake. Planned, not live.
Step 03 · corroborate
12 corroborations
Agreement among reporters, nothing more.
4The wallet can respond
The wallet can post a signed response. It sits in the timeline at its real chronological position, never buried below the reports.
Step 04 · respond
The transfers on 18 April were treasury rebalancing. A signed breakdown follows this week.
22 APR 2026 · signed by wallet
Placed in true chronological order.
Lifecycle
Every report passes through the same four states.
No state is a verdict. They only describe where a claim is in the process.
- 1
Filed
A report enters the log with a linked transaction hash and a short note.
- 2
Open for corroboration
Other reporters can inspect the evidence and add their agreement.
- 3
Corroborated
Agreement accumulates as a count on the card. It never becomes a label.
- 4
Response posted
The wallet may reply. The response is placed at its chronological position.
Roles
Four ways to take part.
Reporter
Files a report with linked evidence and a short, factual note. Stakes $WTNS in the live protocol.
Corroborator
Reviews existing evidence and adds agreement. Their stake signals that they inspected the record.
Wallet
May post a signed response to any report. Responses are first-class entries in the timeline.
Reader
Anyone. Reads the log, follows the transaction links, and verifies independently.
The most important thing on this site
Unverified means unverified.
Every card here carries the same label: community-reported, unverified. Nothing on Witness Protocol is a verdict, a score, or a conclusion. It is a public record of claims, each one pinned to a transaction you can inspect yourself.
A report is a claim
It records what someone observed in a linked transaction. It is not a finding.
Corroboration is agreement
A count of reporters who found the same evidence worth recording. It never turns into a label.
Verify independently
Every card links to the transaction. Open it, read it, and decide for yourself.
Boundaries
What Witness Protocol is not.
Clear limits are part of the product. These are the things it will never become.
A blocklist or a reputation score.
A court, a jury, or a source of final answers.
A place to post claims without a linked transaction.
A tool that decides for you.
FAQ
Still wondering?
No. Witness Protocol is not a blocklist, a rating, or a score. It is a public log of reports, each with a linked transaction, shown in the order they were filed.
Ready when you are
Start with a transaction.
Look up the example wallet, or put your own evidence on record. Either way, the source stays attached.