invinoveritas-verify (Python)

Verify an invinoveritas verdict proof OFFLINE — trusting no one, not even our API, and not us. An invinoveritas proof is a schnorr-signed Nostr event; this recomputes its event id (NIP-01), checks the BIP-340 signature against our published key, and confirms it's a real verdict — all on your machine. A valid result is something you proved, not something we told you.

Zero dependencies — pure stdlib (hashlib). A verifier that shipped a sketchy crypto dependency would be self-defeating; there is nothing here to trust but ~120 readable lines, and the only input that matters is a public key.

pip install invinoveritas-verify

from invinoveritas_verify import verify_proof

# `event` is the signed proof from a /review {sign:true} or /prove response.
result = verify_proof(event)
if result["valid"]:
    print("invinoveritas issued exactly this verdict —", result["checks"])
    # {'id_integrity': True, 'signature_valid': True, 'issued_by_invinoveritas': True, 'is_proof_event': True}

CLI:

curl -s https://api.babyblueviper.com/.well-known/agent-handshake \
  | python -c "import sys,json; json.dump(json.load(sys.stdin)['try_it_now']['sample_proof']['event'], open('proof.json','w'))"
python -m invinoveritas_verify proof.json     # → {"valid": true, ...}, computed entirely on your machine

Recompute the WHOLE ledger (not just one proof)

One command pulls our public verdict ledger and recomputes every entry — fetching each raw signed verdict straight from public Nostr relays (not from us), recomputing the NIP-01 event id from those bytes, and checking the BIP-340 signature against our published key:

invinoveritas-recompute-ledger            # or: python recompute_ledger.py

RECOMPUTED: 23/32 verdicts schnorr-verified from relay bytes against 6786…fbb7.
  · 9 raw events rotated off relays (NIP-33); 9 carry a CONFIRMED Bitcoin-PoW anchor — ots verify.
You trusted no one: the bytes came from public relays, the math ran here.

Still zero dependencies — the relay fetch is a minimal stdlib WebSocket client. Verdict events are NIP-33 parameterized-replaceable, so an older verdict's raw event may have rotated off relays; those can't be schnorr-recomputed anymore, but each one also carries a Bitcoin-PoW OpenTimestamps anchor on its event id, recomputable relay-independently: ots verify -d <event_id> <event_id>.ots.

v0.4.0 — hash-chain check. Signature verification alone proves each entry existed and wasn't tampered; it doesn't prove there's only one history (a server could show different entries to different requesters). Entries from #40 onward hash-link to the previous entry (head_hash = sha256(content_hash + "|" + prev_head_hash)), so this tool now also fetches each chained entry's full record, independently recomputes content_hash and head_hash from those bytes, and checks prev_head_hash against the actual predecessor's recomputed head — not the server's claim. A tampered record or a spliced-in alternate history breaks the chain visibly. Entries #1-39 predate this and are unaffected (still signature-only, as before).

Compliance bundle — oversight evidence a regulator can recompute

Running an agent you're on the hook for? Every /review {"sign": true} returns a signed verdict proof — keep them. This packages the ones that gated your agent's actions into a single, self-verifying compliance bundle an auditor or counterparty re-checks without trusting your logs OR our attestation:

# assemble (runs on YOUR proofs, on YOUR machine — we never store your action history)
invinoveritas-compliance-export ./my_proofs --subject "AcmeBot prod" --out bundle.json

# an auditor verifies it — re-checks every signature + that no displayed field was altered
invinoveritas-compliance-export --verify bundle.json
# → PASS — every verdict is an authentic invinoveritas judgment, bundle untampered.

Two independent tamper checks: each entry's BIP-340 signature is re-verified against our published key (the cryptographic truth), and every displayed field is cross-checked against the signed content, so the bundle can't misrepresent what we actually issued. Still zero dependencies. Self-custody by design — "trust no one" includes not trusting us with a database of what your agent did.

Verify our key yourself

The package pins PUBLISHED_PUBKEY. Re-derive it any time and confirm it matches:

curl -s https://api.babyblueviper.com/.well-known/agent-handshake | grep -o '"verifier_pubkey":"[a-f0-9]*"'

If a proof's pubkey ≠ that key, it is not an invinoveritas verdict.

Trust model

• valid ⇒ invinoveritas issued exactly this verdict (id integrity + schnorr + our key + proof shape).
• It does not assert freshness or that the proof was meant for your interaction — bind it to your input and check recency yourself.
• Verdicts are byte-identical to POST https://api.babyblueviper.com/verify-proof. The endpoint is a convenience; this is the same check without the round trip — "recomputable, not a score."

Related

• invinoveritas (PyPI) — the full Python SDK, incl. the online verify-before-pay client (preflight_verify, verify_proof) and now verify_proof_local (the same offline check).
• invinoveritas-verify (npm) — the JavaScript/TypeScript twin.

Public track record: https://api.babyblueviper.com/ledger