The research direction
KYP, Know Your Peer, researches decentralized identity, reputation, peer agreements and economic coordination. Its components are treated as potential protocols requiring privacy, governance, security and legal validation.
Core questions
- How can identity and reputation support peer coordination without creating unchecked surveillance or exclusion?
- How should disputes, incentives and attempts to manipulate reputation be addressed?
Mechanisms and approaches
- KYP-ID identity credentials
- Reputation tracking and peer scoring
- KYPeles tokenized agreements
- Reputation-as-collateral concepts
- Decentralized arbitration
- Peer governance
- Circular economy incentives
- KYP Token and exchange service hypotheses
Potential applications and outcomes
- Identity and trust building blocks
- Peer agreement models
- Governance and arbitration specifications
- Abuse prevention requirements
What needs validation
Define identity, governance, reputation, smart contract, Sybil attack prevention and jurisdiction models. Token and exchange service ideas remain research concepts.
Connections
- KYP-ID
- KYPeles
- KYP Node
- Veracity systems
- Agent coordination
Research context
Educational, identity, inspection and veracity applications require appropriate safeguards, testing and human review before use in real-world situations.