The Auditor's Opinion

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And here’s the thing that made me put down my coffee: they’re right. Cheap, universal self-checking doesn’t make verification worthless. The pattern, every single time, in four beats: a capability gets cheap and universal; self-attestation becomes worthless because it’s cheap and universal; a trusted, independent third party steps into the gap; and the proof ends up worth more than the thing being proved.

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