Proof of Life
Verified liveness badges for hackathon projects + sponsor dashboard (TrustMRR model)
Failed: a sponsor can script the URL checks with Claude Code or cron, so the badge adds little.
Verified liveness badges for hackathon projects + sponsor dashboard (TrustMRR model)
Builders lose credibility and funding chances when their demos cannot be checked. Sponsors waste time reviewing projects that have quietly stopped working.
Proof of Life gives projects a verified liveness badge and shows sponsors a dashboard of which ones still work.
- 1Connect your project's live link or repository to Proof of Life.
- 2Proof of Life checks that your project is still running.
- 3Sponsors see verified badges on a dashboard of active projects.
Why it failed
Check 2 · AI can do itChecking whether a project's live link or repo still works is a trivial job. A sponsor can ask Claude Code or ChatGPT to ping a list of hackathon URLs and summarize what is up, or run a cron job. The badge and dashboard add little trust beyond that. The idea gives no network effects, proprietary aggregate data, or non-technical buyer, and the whyNotAgent, price and payEvidence fields are empty.
What already exists
1 products checked- 01
Find a buyer who pays for proof, not just a status check.
- 02
Add proprietary data, like repeat-builder history across hackathons, that scripts can't reproduce.
- 03
Pre-sell to three hackathon organisers before building anything else.
- TrustMRR, Afterlife
TrustMRR, Afterlife