BALLOT RECEIPT  (arcaeon-receipt)
Issued (UTC): 2026-09-11T16:40:00Z

WHAT THIS RECEIPT PROVES
  - the score and the ballot are unaltered since the timestamp
WHAT THIS RECEIPT DOES NOT PROVE
  - the score is correct
  - the sim was not attempted before

Method: sha256 digest of the canonical JSON ballot object (score, verdict, and whatever fields the grading engine produced), bound to a stated timestamp inside the receipt body; hash-chained in arcaeon-ledger, one row per ballot.

SUBJECT
  trainee: j. alvarez
  scenario: oral_board.set1
  grader: ascenvo.vcs.oral_board

RESULTS (1 check)
  j. alvarez  oral_board.set1  score=91 OUTSTANDING  grader=ascenvo.vcs.oral_board  at 2026-09-11T16:40:00Z

INTEGRITY
  body digest: sha256:json-c14n:v1:528b5a88519e4465d573c20c30eb0200242afcfb00805dfcc5bf2a27acab9ce6
  ledger: namespace=ballot rows=14 chain=8694b84829ded7ecce6e6cab888fdb4e
  witness: local-file (none (self-controlled file))
  anchor: none status=skipped

To verify: recompute the body digest from the JSON receipt's body fields (canonical JSON, sha256), compare to body_digest; if an OpenTimestamps proof is attached, write the body_digest plus a newline to a file, save the proof beside it, and run `ots verify`. No contact with the issuer is required.
