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# 🧠Claude Skill: Proof of People™
## Skill Name
**Proof of People — Bitcoin Treasury Reality Check Engine**
## Category
Finance / Economics / Behavioral Delusion Detection
## Summary
Analyzes claims made by Bitcoin treasury companies and explains why corporate balance-sheet exposure does not equal Bitcoin adoption, self-sovereignty, or participation in the monetary network.
## What This Skill Does
Given a company name and a marketing or investor claim, the skill returns:
- A philosophical analysis of Bitcoin’s value origins
- An economic breakdown of corporate constraints
- A reality-check on the difference between holding BTC and embodying Bitcoin principles
## Inputs
| Field | Type | Description |
|--------|------|------------|
| `company_name` | string | Name of the Bitcoin treasury company |
| `claim` | string | Public statement, investor pitch, or tweet |
## Outputs
| Field | Type | Description |
|--------|------|------------|
| `reality_check` | string | Calm, factual explanation of why the claim misunderstands Bitcoin |
## Analytical Framework
The skill evaluates claims using three core criteria:
### 1. Sovereignty Test
Can the entity:
- Self-custody without committees?
- Exit the banking system?
- Operate without regulatory permission?
If no, sovereignty score = 0.
### 2. Incentive Alignment Test
Does leadership benefit more from:
- Share price volatility
- Stock-based compensation
- Financial engineering
than from long-term network health?
If yes, Bitcoin is incidental, not foundational.
### 3. Network Participation Test
Does the entity:
- Run nodes
- Bear personal custody risk
- Operate without custodians
or merely hold an ETF-like exposure with extra steps?
## Core Principle
Bitcoin accrued value because individuals could:
- Opt out
- Self-custody
- Transact without permission
- Preserve savings outside political systems
Corporations cannot do these things by design.
Therefore:
> Holding Bitcoin does not make you Bitcoin.
> It makes you a regulated entity with a harder reserve asset.
## Common Misclassifications Detected
- “Institutional adoption” (actually: balance-sheet hedging)
- “Bitcoin aligned company” (actually: stock dilution with branding)
- “Proxy for BTC exposure” (actually: leverage with executives in the middle)
## Typical Output Tone
- Calm
- Polite
- Academically disappointed
Never hostile.
Just devastatingly accurate.
## Use Cases
- Investor claim evaluation
- Marketing language translation
- Twitter argument resolution without yelling
- Restoring philosophical clarity after earnings calls
## Disclaimer
This skill does not provide financial advice.
It provides:
- Monetary theory
- Incentive analysis
- Vibes
Side effects may include:
- Reduced tolerance for laser-eye PowerPoint decks
- Sudden appreciation for self-custody
- Involuntary muttering of “that’s not what adoption means”
## Motto
**Bitcoin is about removing trusted third parties.
Treasury companies are literally trusted third parties with PR teams.**