A clean-slate trust layer for the agentic age
The internet is becoming intelligent.
Its trust layer is not.
Actum is post-quantum from day one: a protocol for verifiable identity, programmable authorization, smart contracts, and accountable AI.
Protocol design · Pre-testnet · Open research and implementation
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01Identity & authorityPersistent principals, selective credentials, and capabilities that narrow through delegation.02A coherent protocolOne typed boundary for authorization, consensus, private objects, and proof admission.03Privacy & evidenceProve what a policy requires without exposing the underlying record.04Accountable AIBind agents and outputs to exact permissions, inputs, models, budgets, and evidence.The protocol in one sentence
Specialized actors can compute, build, prove, store, and serve—without becoming authorities users must trust.
New protocol functionality
PQ payments and portable identity now share one authorization boundary.
The implementation connects real post-quantum cash authorization with holder-owned credential presentations. Both remain bounded by explicit proof, policy, and finality checks—not provider assertions or public identity records.
ML-DSA-authorized cash with proof-aware settlement.
Native Coin Cells, bounded payment sessions, authenticated CashAIR transitions, and the ActiveBridge SDK keep external payment events distinct from chain finality.
Implemented developer boundary · staged pilots and independent review remainVCIssuer identity integrationIssue portable credentials. Authorize with minimal facts.
OpenID4VCI SD-JWT VC and mdoc credentials stay with the holder; Actum admits only a scoped verifier result tied to the exact action and policy.
Integration implemented · physical-device qualification and review remainPre-testnet functionality. No claim of a live production payment rail, provider partnership, identity assurance, or completed security qualification.