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ProofPoll · a prototype for the WHU Solana challenge

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Published paper

Students will pay for reusable cups: evidence from a campus survey

Demo Researcher (ProofPoll example)

DOI 10.5555/proofpoll.example.cups · published 4 Oct 2026

The verdicts below compare what the manuscript of review round 1 (confirmed 4 Oct 2026, 20:50 UTC) reports with the answers ProofPoll recorded as they arrived.

Manuscript fingerprint (SHA-256)

86c8944796dc0f4386d29bd0ec8dd5011985cc0670024b00a2266e8c1484a55d

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Study 1

Willingness to pay for reusable coffee cups

Consistent
Checks run: Count check, Results check

Count checkran

Recorded 100 · rule excludes 6 · paper reports 94 → consistent

Results checkran

  • Matches:Q1Yes:paper 39% / record 39.4%
  • Matches:Q1No:paper 34% / record 34%
  • Matches:Q1Not sure:paper 27% / record 26.6%

Percentages of the 94 answers left after the registered exclusions. Differences up to 0.5 points count as rounding.

Dataset checknot run

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Answers recorded
100 of 100 planned
Record on Solana
Plan and every answer's fingerprint

Written to Solana devnet as each answer arrived, so none can be added or removed later.

Registered
4 Oct 2026, 20:44 UTC

The plan, questions and rules below were fixed at this time.

Collected
4 Oct 2026, 20:44 UTC to 4 Oct 2026, 20:50 UTC
Study plan

Example study for the ProofPoll demo. Students on campus are asked whether they would pay more for coffee in a reusable cup. Planned: 100 participants, recruited by QR code in the cafeteria.

Exclusion rules

Answers that fail the attention check (question 3) are excluded before analysis.

Answers that fail the attention check are excluded.

Questions
  1. 1.

    Would you pay 10% more for your coffee if it came in a reusable cup?

    • Yes41 · 41%
    • No33 · 33%
  • Not sure26 · 26%
  • 2.

    How often do you buy coffee on campus?

    • Daily22 · 22%
    • A few times a week47 · 47%
    • Rarely31 · 31%
  • 3.

    To show that you are reading carefully, please select "Somewhat agree".

    Attention check, correct: Somewhat agree
    • Strongly agree3 · 3%
    • Somewhat agree94 · 94%
    • Disagree3 · 3%
  • Counts over all recorded answers, before exclusions. Shown because the authors chose to publish them.