📘README Rewrite

Below is a polished, trust‑building README that positions the protocol as a serious, open‑source standard.

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Proof‑of‑Contribution Protocol Core A deterministic, schema‑driven protocol for describing, validating, and attesting to contributions across any project or ecosystem.

Why This Exists Modern ecosystems rely on contributions — code, research, governance, design, community work — but lack a unified, verifiable way to describe them.
This protocol solves that.

What It Provides

• A canonical schema (pow.yaml)
• A deterministic validation engine
• Strongly‑typed TypeScript definitions
• Integration guides and examples
• Governance‑ready documentation

Use Cases

• Reward distribution
• Contribution indexing
• Compliance workflows
• Contributor dashboards
• DAO governance

Quick Start bash npm install @gitdigital/poc-protocol-core

ts import { validate } from "@gitdigital/poc-protocol-core"; const result = validate("pow.yaml");

Documentation See /docs/ for full protocol specification, architecture, examples, and governance.

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Proof-of-Contribution Protocol Core

The Proof-of-Contribution Protocol Core defines a structured, machine-verifiable way to describe and validate “proof of work” (PoW) style contribution records. It provides a canonical JSON Schema, TypeScript types, and validation utilities for pow.yaml files that can be embedded into contributor workflows, automation pipelines, and governance systems.

This repository is designed as a standards-first core: opinionated enough to be interoperable across tools, but flexible enough to be embedded into different ecosystems (bounties, grants, DAOs, reputation systems, and more).

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Goals

• Standardize contribution metadata: Provide a single, well-defined schema for pow.yaml files.
• Enable automated validation: Make it easy for tools and CI pipelines to validate contribution proofs.
• Support typed integrations: Offer TypeScript types for strongly-typed applications and SDKs.
• Be composable: Act as a core protocol that other products, services, and governance frameworks can build on.

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Repository structure

pow-protocol-core/
├── src/
│   ├── schema/
│   │   ├── pow-schema.json   # JSON Schema for pow.yaml
│   │   ├── types.ts          # TypeScript type definitions
│   │   └── validation.ts     # Custom validation rules
│   └── ...
├── examples/
│   ├── simple-project/
│   │   └── pow.yaml          # Example PoW definition for a simple project
├── POW-schema.json           # Top-level schema reference (mirror/entrypoint)
├── Directory.md
├── LICENSE
└── README.md