--- title: Proof of Work Is Not a Crypto Term Anymore | daily.dev description: An essay argues that in an age when AI can generate fluent claims cheaply, 'proof of work' should mean a published, checkable trail of accomplishments held by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/proof-of-work-is-not-a-crypto-term-anymore-rvmtznqy6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Proof of Work Is Not a Crypto Term Anymore | daily.dev og:description: An essay argues that in an age when AI can generate fluent claims cheaply, 'proof of work' should mean a published, checkable trail of accomplishments held by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/proof-of-work-is-not-a-crypto-term-anymore-rvmtznqy6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rvMTznQy6.png og:image:alt: Proof of Work Is Not a Crypto Term Anymore og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Proof of Work Is Not a Crypto Term Anymore **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 9 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An essay argues that in an age when AI can generate fluent claims cheaply, 'proof of work' should mean a published, checkable trail of accomplishments held by third parties: merged pull requests, patent filings, timestamped provenance records, and dated measurements of what AI answer engines say about you. It draws heavily on the author's own company, Suede Labs AI, as an example, citing merged PRs, a USPTO patent filing, a Google Cloud partnership, program memberships, and a scan showing citation rates in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. It closes with five habits for building a personal or company proof-of-work layer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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