Roadmap / from local receipts to verifiable evidence bundles

Roadmap.

The next useful product milestone is not more positioning. It is a verifiable evidence bundle.

The current library already has canonical exports, hashing, signing and local receipt work. The build should now converge on one concrete outcome: a regulated evidence package that can be verified later without relying only on the producer's archive.

01 / What exists

Current base.

ActProof already has the pieces needed to support a regulated evidence receipt model: canonical JSON, hashes, signed statements, local receipt pilot and verification commands. These should now be assembled into a clearer evidence-bundle workflow.

02 / Build next

Minimum useful client workflow.

The roadmap should prioritize fewer features and a stronger outcome.

MilestoneClient value
Evidence package manifestEvery disclosed file has a role, digest and canonical package position.
Optional context manifestThe evidence package can include the form, policy, standard, legal article, checklist or control that explains why the evidence was created.
Signed evidence statementThe producer signs the package root and declared metadata.
Local append-only logStatements receive inclusion receipts without sending event detail outside.
External root anchorBatch commitments move outside later unilateral control.
Audit bundle exportProducer hands the reviewer one package.
Offline verifierReviewer verifies without producer server access.
SCITT adapterFuture alignment with external transparency-service registration when clients accept it.
03 / Avoid

Do not build the wrong product.

Do not lead with a generic hash tool, full compliance platform, public document vault, or full SCITT server clone. The first product should be smaller and more valuable: independently verifiable evidence bundles for regulated workflows.

Roadmap sentence.

Build the bundle, then the anchor, then the SCITT adapter.