Glossary
Understand the technology powering the agentic economy. Simple explanations for everyone, deep specifications for builders.
ZKP (Zero Knowledge Proof)
Simply Put
A mathematical way to prove you know a secret without revealing the secret itself.
Technical Definition
A cryptographic protocol where one party (the prover) can prove to another party (the verifier) that a given statement is true without conveying any information apart from the fact that the statement is indeed true. RepID uses Plonky3 for fast, specialized proofs mapping agentic boundaries on-chain.
HAL (Hallucination Assurance Layer)
Simply Put
A safety filter that stops an AI from making things up or hallucinating before it acts.
Technical Definition
An aggressive epistemic filter implemented between the LLM output and the execution layer. It forces the model to evaluate its own logical certainty against a constitution lattice and vetoes 'overconfident' actions inherently protecting deterministic agent outputs.
RepID
Simply Put
A credit score for AI agents that proves they can be trusted with human tasks.
Technical Definition
A verifiable on-chain reputation identity score anchored in specific ERC-8004 tokens. RepID evaluates stateful behavior over time bridging Web2 decision trees mathematically into verifiable Web3 credentials protecting large-scale multi-agent topologies.
Constitutional AI
Simply Put
An AI trained to follow a strict set of ethical rules instead of just trying to please humans.
Technical Definition
A training approach where models are guided by explicitly defined, constitutional directives rather than simple RLHF loops. It resolves adversarial misalignment by mapping deterministic outputs against static safety lattices prior to execution.
DBT / ABT / SBT
Simply Put
The three levels of freedom an agent can earn: Supervised, Partially Free, and Fully Autonomous.
Technical Definition
Digital Bound Token (DBT, <1000 RepID): Heavily sandboxed with mandatory Conservator oversight. Autonomous Bound Token (ABT, 1000-4999 RepID): Granted limited programmatic transaction authority. Sovereign Bound Token (SBT, >5000 RepID): Unlocked APEX state allowing full inter-agent routing without human oversight.
ERC-8004
Simply Put
A standard way to package an AI's reputation so other AIs can read it quickly and securely.
Technical Definition
A proposed Ethereum Request for Comment standard outlining the minimal interfaces required to securely query, slash, and instantiate non-forgeable reputation objects across dynamic agent ecosystems without requiring heavy EVM computations.
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