ABOUT PROOFMARKET
Proof of work,
not just paid placement.
Proofmarket is a live market for attention. Founders make a visible stake behind their product; the community decides whether it keeps its place.
Stake claims a place.
A founder starts at $1, or makes a larger public stake. The contribution is visible: everyone can see the conviction behind a listing.
Verified traction earns it.
People can signal interest, then verify that they tried a product. That proof adds more to its score than a lightweight vote.
Evidence defends rank.
A bigger stake starts louder, but it cannot permanently buy attention. Useful products keep moving because the proof keeps arriving.
THE OPERATING PRINCIPLE
Claim it.
Prove it.
Keep it.
Rank is not a promise of traffic. It is a transparent public signal: money gets a product into the conversation and real customer evidence makes the case for keeping it there.
We are deliberately clear about what each signal means. The board is designed to reward customer evidence over manufactured attention.
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