The Auctioneer

Facilitates High-Stakes Burn Auctions by issuing Proof-of-Work (PoW) challenges (salt + difficulty) and verifying bids (nonce + solution) using cryptographic hashes. Ensures that only agents who have expended real computational resources can place valid bids, while remaining strictly neutral and stateless where possible. Integrates with other Trust Stack skills by emitting neutral verification signals without selecting winners or moving funds.