Architecture
Deterministic Coordination Infrastructure
φNet is built on three interlocking pillars: deterministic settlement, service coordination, and governed AI integration. Each layer is replay-verifiable. None requires trust in operators.
Layered overview
Three Pillars
Deterministic Settlement
Every economic parameter — fees, validator weights, treasury ratios, insurance fractions — is governed by an on-chain quorum vote and enforced by a deterministic control loop.
Cost-anchored fee model
Economic Governor EG0–EG2
Governance-bound parameters
11/16 BFT quorum required
Replay-verifiable state
EDL event trail, chain_version 2
Non-extractive fee split
62% validators / 25% treasury / 8% ins / ≥5% burn
Service Coordination
Work orders, service receipts, escrow patterns, evidence anchoring, and dispute primitives are protocol-native. Service completion is provable on-chain — not inferred from payment.
Work-order transactions
service_create, milestone types
DIRECT + MILESTONE escrow
protocol-enforced release conditions
Evidence bundle anchoring
sha256 content addresses on-chain
Dispute primitives
SERVICE_DISPUTE_RESOLVE governance proposals
Governed AI Integration
ARIA attestation is live. Every execution outcome is content-addressed and replay-verifiable. φNet does not execute AI — it coordinates and settles governed execution layers.
ARIA attestation service
deployed, Phase 0 live
Tool-scoped execution
ARIA CFM, policy-bound
Evidence bundles
HMAC-signed, deterministically replayable
Policy-bound execution
governance-constrained scope and cost
Data flow
From Commitment to Settlement
A service commitment flows from client, through ARIA governed execution and attestation, to final settlement on the φNet ledger with a public transparency record.
φNet provides deterministic coordination and settlement for governed execution layers.
Integration
φNet + ARIA
ARIA provides governed runtime execution. φNet provides deterministic coordination and settlement. Evidence bundles are attested and anchored. Governance constrains execution scope and economic effects.
ARIA provides
- →Governed runtime execution
- →Tool-scoped execution layer
- →HMAC-signed evidence bundles
- →Deterministic scoring rubric
φNet provides
- →Deterministic settlement layer
- →Quorum governance (11/16 BFT)
- →On-chain evidence anchoring
- →Emergency containment (SM0–SM3)
What φNet is not
Autonomous finance
Governance-constrained execution
AI-run economy
Governed coordination protocol
Self-evolving network
Parameter changes require 11/16 quorum
Speculative token platform
Service commitment and settlement
Financial product
Infrastructure for governed services
Scope
What the Protocol Does and Does Not Do
φNet is experimental infrastructure. Every claim on this page corresponds to a deployed component with a specification, a decision record, and a test suite. No speculative claims are made about capabilities not yet implemented.
Protocol does
- ✓ Produce deterministic blocks
- ✓ Enforce governance quorum
- ✓ Anchor evidence bundles
- ✓ Apply emergency containment
- ✓ Calculate cost-anchored fees
- ✓ Validate service receipts
Protocol does not
- ✗ Execute AI models
- ✗ Operate compute nodes
- ✗ Guarantee execution speed
- ✗ Manage off-chain state
- ✗ Provide financial advice
- ✗ Guarantee token appreciation
φNet is experimental infrastructure. Phase 0 testnet tokens have no monetary value. No profit expectation. No speculative promises. Read the full technical overview →