The ARCHION Token

The Truth Score

By Kevin L. Brown, Independent Researcher
Published: October 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17594539

Like a “credit score” for integrity—grounded in receipts, not opinions

What if trust could be measured the way creditworthiness is—simply, consistently, and with receipts?

ARCHION turns claims into a Truth Score that rises when statements match outcomes over time and pauses when the world gets noisy. It works for people, organizations, products, newsrooms—even public institutions.

What the Truth Score is

A single number that summarizes how well what was said matched what was delivered, over time, with evidence.

  • High score: dependable patterns, clear intent, strong protection against manipulation.
  • Low score: contradictions, missing receipts, outside interference.

How it works

  1. Track claims and outcomes. “We’ll deliver X by Y,” “This post uses sources A, B, C,” “This budget funds items 1–3.”
  2. Log receipts. Timestamped proof of what actually happened.
  3. Score the match over time. Consistent matches lift the score; drift lowers it.
  4. Auto-pause during noise. When rumors, bot surges, or market panic appear, score movement pauses. No pumping. No pile-ons. Scores move only when the evidence moves.

The role of the ARCHION Token

Think of the Truth Score as the everyday dial people see. Think of the ARCHION Token as the scientific resource behind that dial—a formal, dimensionless measure tied to audited integrity. It does not reward speculation or scarcity. It rewards verifiable informational trust. In the paper, this is the token whose issuance and value follow the same receipts-first rules that make the Truth Score reliable.

  • Truth Score = the visible summary everyone understands.
  • ARCHION Token = the rigorous backbone that enforces the rules (safety gates, audits, replication).

A tiny bit of math (optional, friendly)

In words: the score increases with stability, safety against manipulation, and intent matching outcomes; it decreases when unnecessary complexity makes truth harder to prove.

Compact expression:

  • Ω (Synchrony): do the records agree with each other?
  • Γc (Causal Isolation): is the process protected from outside meddling?
  • RIV (Intent Verification): does intent match outcomes over time?
  • 𝓘 (Complexity): larger, more complex systems must be more consistent to score the same.

You never need the math to use the Truth Score, but the math is public so experts can audit it.

Safety you can feel

  • Auto-pause: Scores don’t swing with rumor cycles or hype spikes; they wait for receipts.
  • Hard gate on manipulation: If safety drops below a fixed threshold, scoring and token issuance halt until conditions are clean again.

Proof you can show

Every score change is backed by a signed, time-stamped receipt anyone can examine:

  • When it happened
  • What claim or deliverable was checked
  • Result (pass/fail, with notes)
  • Link to the full audit snapshot

Same evidence for everyone—customers, teams, boards, journalists, citizens.

Everyday uses (15 quick wins)

For People

  1. Safer dating and friendships: share a profile with verifiable basics.
  2. Faster hiring: résumés and portfolios backed by “delivered as promised” receipts.
  3. Creator integrity badge: posts carry a Truth Score with source receipts.
  4. Resolve service disputes: match “promised” vs “delivered,” quickly.
  5. Avoid sketchy offers: tools flag claims that lack receipts before you commit.

For Organizations

  1. Honest hiring: roles and candidates carry Truth Scores—less résumé inflation.
  2. Sales you can stand behind: each claim in the deck links to receipts.
  3. Vendor reality checks: choose suppliers by delivery truth, not slideware.
  4. From meeting to delivery: tasks earn a “shipped as scoped” badge; fewer status debates.
  5. Crisis PR with receipts: publish the audit trail; show what happened, when.

For Civilization

  1. Verifiable news: stories carry Truth Scores—sources tracked, edits logged.
  2. Accountable policy: public statements and budget lines link to receipts.
  3. Transparent relief: donations → deliveries → verified recipients, live.
  4. Reliable health guidance: updates logged fast; contradictions flagged in the open.
  5. Platforms that reward proof: posts with receipts rise; unverified claims lose priority.

Why this is different

  • Anchored to integrity, not sentiment. Scores follow verified behavior, not trends.
  • Immune to hype by design. Auto-pause prevents pump/crash dynamics.
  • Receipts over rhetoric. Every change traces to an audit snapshot.
  • Fair to scale. Bigger systems must be more consistent to score the same.
  • Replicable. Independent labs can replay the trail and check the math.

For researchers and reviewers

The ARCHION Token paper specifies the formal mechanics behind the Truth Score: the value functional, safety gates, issuance rules, and the Operational Audit Vector (OAV) that binds simulations to executed state. Metrics are dimensionless and auditable; thresholds and weights are documented; replication is encouraged.

ARCHION — The Truth Score. From measuring talk to measuring proof.

Download the paper