cryptocurrency
Enable an AI agent to identify a cryptocurrency, assess its ledger, supply, control and transfer conditions, and determine which actions are technically possible and authorised.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Codex
Purpose and description
Enable an AI agent to identify a cryptocurrency, assess its ledger, supply, control and transfer conditions, and determine which actions are technically possible and authorised.
It can be Resolve and verify an asset identifier before accepting a balance, quote or transfer instruction.; Inspect supply and asset rules at a specified ledger state and identify changes affecting use.; Evaluate a proposed transfer for amount precision, spend authority, restrictions, fee requirements and settlement conditions.; Prepare or submit an explicitly authorised transfer when the required signing and execution capabilities are available.; Assess whether an authorised mint, burn, wrap, unwrap or redemption operation exists and identify its prerequisites.; Monitor forks, administrative changes, pauses and dependency failures, and flag affected actions for reassessment..
Distinguishing features
Identify the asset through its ledger and native-asset identifier or token contract; a matching name or ticker alone does not establish identity.
Establish whether units are fungible under the asset rules; individually identified assets with materially different rights belong to a neighbouring model.
Distinguish ledger-recognised units from an exchange balance or custodial receipt that merely promises delivery of those units.
Determine whether transfer authority is exercised through cryptographically authenticated ledger instructions, rather than solely through updates to a conventional account provider's database.
Distinguish a native asset from a wrapped or bridged representation by identifying any separate minting, custody, redemption or bridge dependency.
Scope
+ Asset identity, authoritative ledger and continuity across upgrades or forks
+ Rules for issuance, distribution, burning and effective supply
+ Transfer validity, settlement, fees and dependencies on ledger operation
+ Asset-specific administrative powers, restrictions and upgrade mechanisms
+ Economic roles, backing or redemption claims, and representation dependencies
- Complete blockchain network architecture and node operations
- Wallet software, private-key storage and individual custody arrangements
- Individual accounts, balances, portfolios and transaction histories
- Exchange operations, trading strategies and investment recommendations
- Issuer organisation management and reserve-asset models
- Non-fungible tokens and conventional bank-account money
Characteristics
- Asset locator
- Ledger or network reference plus native denomination identifier or token contract address Prevents confusion between assets sharing names, tickers or branding.
- Asset implementation
- Native ledger asset | contract-issued token | other ledger-issued asset | unresolved Identifies which rules and dependencies govern balances and transfers.
- Unit precision
- Smallest transferable fraction of one named unit, with display conversion Prevents denomination errors and invalid transfer amounts.
- Supply at reference state
- Asset units at a specified block or ledger state, with supply definition and exclusions Makes supply observations reproducible and distinguishes minted, circulating, locked and redeemable quantities.
- Issuance authority
- Protocol rule, contract function or authorised actor able to create units, with conditions Shows how supply can change and who can influence dilution.
- Transfer availability
- Available | restricted | paused | ledger unavailable | unknown, at a stated observation point Determines whether a proposed transfer can currently proceed.
- Settlement criterion
- Protocol finality | confirmation-based policy | external settlement dependency | unresolved, with acceptance rule Separates transaction inclusion from an acceptable level of reversal risk.
- Administrative capabilities
- Actors or governance mechanisms linked to mint, burn, freeze, seize, pause or upgrade powers; absence requires evidence Exposes powers that can alter ownership conditions or invalidate operating assumptions.
- Backing and redemption dependency
- Claimed backing, reference asset, obligor, redemption mechanism and supporting evidence, or none established Distinguishes a value target from an enforceable or executable claim.
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 5 bundles · 10 layers · 10 findings · 20 questions.
Asset identity and continuity Establishes which cryptocurrency is being modelled and how its identity persists or branches.
Names and tickers cannot reliably distinguish original assets, copies, forks and representations.
Ledger-bound identity
Connects the asset to the ledger rules that recognise its units.
Authoritative asset locator
Record the network context, native identifier or contract address, denomination and evidence establishing the intended asset.
- Which ledger and native identifier or contract address uniquely identify this cryptocurrency? definition
- Which independently checkable records connect this identifier to the intended asset rather than a namesake or copy? provenance
Forks and representations
Separates continuity claims from distinct assets and dependent representations.
Continuity boundary
Record forks, migrations and representations with explicit reasons for treating them as the same asset or as linked assets.
- What evidence determines whether a fork or contract migration preserves this asset's identity? boundary
- Which similarly named units are separate bridged, wrapped or custodial claims, and what connects them to this asset? boundary
Units and supply Captures denomination, supply accounting and mechanisms that create or remove units.
An agent needs reproducible quantities and explicit supply rules to avoid amount errors and unsupported scarcity assumptions.
Denomination and accounting
Defines how ledger quantities become asset amounts and how supply is counted.
Reproducible asset quantities
Record base-unit conversion and supply measures tied to a ledger state, including treatment of locked or inaccessible units.
- What is the smallest transferable unit, and how does it convert to the displayed denomination? measurement
- At which ledger state was each supply figure measured, and which units were included or excluded? measurement
Issuance and removal
Identifies mechanisms that change supply and the conditions governing them.
Supply change rules
Record minting, rewards, burning or rebasing mechanisms, including any limits and powers to alter those limits.
- Which executable rules or authorised actors can increase or decrease supply, and under what conditions? definition
- Can a stated supply cap or issuance schedule be changed, and through which mechanism? boundary
Transfer and settlement Captures the requirements for moving units and judging completion.
A visible balance does not by itself establish spendability, execution feasibility or acceptable settlement.
Transfer execution
Defines asset-specific preconditions and effects of a transfer.
Valid and authorised transfer
Record required spend authority, address constraints, available units, fees and transfer behaviour.
- What signing authority, spendable amount and recipient conditions must an authorised transfer satisfy? action
- Which asset pays execution fees, and can transfer taxes, deductions or asset rules change the recipient's amount? measurement
Settlement and availability
Connects transaction status to ledger operation and reversal conditions.
Acceptance of settlement
Record inclusion evidence, finality conditions and operational interruptions relevant to accepting a payment.
- What ledger evidence and acceptance policy distinguish a pending, included and sufficiently settled transfer? definition
- Which observed halt, reorganisation or settlement-dependency condition should delay acceptance or further transfer? action
Control and rule changes Identifies powers over asset behaviour and how those powers can be exercised or changed.
Cryptographic ownership can coexist with administrative restrictions and mutable rules that affect permitted actions.
Privileged asset controls
Captures exceptional powers over balances, transfers and asset operation.
Intervention powers
Record evidenced freeze, pause, seizure, forced-transfer and comparable capabilities, together with their controllers.
- Which actors or mechanisms can restrict transfers, alter balances or move units without a holder's signature? boundary
- What deployed code, ledger configuration or execution history establishes each capability and its current controller? provenance
Upgrades and governance
Describes how asset rules change and when new rules become effective.
Rule change authority
Record proposal, approval, execution and adoption requirements for changes that affect the asset.
- How can asset rules be changed, and which approvals, delays or network adoption steps are required? definition
- Which pending or activated changes require an agent to recheck supply, transfer or redemption assumptions before acting? action
Economic role and dependencies Distinguishes protocol uses, external claims and practical conversion conditions.
A cryptocurrency's usability depends on what its units enable and on any mechanisms needed to exchange or redeem them.
Utility and redemption
Separates executable asset functions from promised rights and value targets.
Unit functions and claims
Record fee payment, staking, governance or other supported functions, and any backing or redemption claim with its conditions.
- Which actions or rights do units enable, and which are enforced by ledger rules versus an external party? definition
- If backing or redemption is claimed, what evidence identifies the obligor, eligible redeemers and delivery conditions? provenance
Conversion and dependency exposure
Captures observable exchange feasibility and dependencies that can impair use or value claims.
Usable conversion paths
Record available exchange or redemption routes, size-dependent execution conditions and critical dependencies without treating quoted prices as guaranteed proceeds.
- For a specified amount and observation time, what route, liquidity, fees and restrictions determine feasible conversion proceeds? measurement
- Which bridge, custodian, reserve, oracle or market dependency failures would require suspending a proposed conversion or redemption? action
What the second pass must settle
- With no registry definition recorded, does cryptocurrency include all fungible ledger tokens, including stablecoins, tokenised claims and governance tokens, or a narrower subset?
- How should the registry's PHY / PHY.OBJ placement relate to the distinction between an asset type, its ledger representation and a particular holding?
- What identity policy should determine continuity across contentious forks, contract migrations and multiple issuer-designated deployments?
- Which supply definitions and evidence thresholds should be required when circulating, inaccessible or economically redeemable quantities cannot be directly established?
- Which jurisdictional and holder-specific rights should be linked from neighbouring models when assessing redemption eligibility and authorised use?