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            <title><![CDATA[Building Agent Reputation with Attestations (II)]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@BAS/building-agent-reputation-with-attestations-ii-633840ab621a?source=rss-5e9bfb8fbdcc------2</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:50:12 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-01-16T08:50:12.669Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*Ho-fGOvh76cqIOIH2WhoRA.jpeg" /></figure><h3>V. Why Attestations Are a Natural Fit for Reputation</h3><h3>1. Attestations Are Verifiable Claims</h3><p>Every attestation explicitly encodes:</p><ul><li>Who issued it</li><li>In what context (schema)</li><li>About whom</li><li>What judgment was made</li><li>When it expires</li></ul><p>That is the minimal closed loop reputation actually needs.</p><h3>2. Context Becomes Schema-Level</h3><p>In an attestation system:</p><ul><li>Context is not a JSON field</li><li>It is the schema itself</li></ul><p>For example:</p><ul><li>Agent.TaskPerformance</li><li>Agent.RiskAssessment</li><li>Agent.TemporalReliability</li></ul><p>Different reputation domains are isolated by design — and understood by the protocol.</p><h3>3. Time and Revocation Are Native Capabilities</h3><p>Attestations natively support:</p><ul><li>Expiration</li><li>Revocation</li><li>Supersession</li></ul><p>Reputation stops being a permanent label and becomes an updatable state.</p><h3>4. Anyone Can Evaluate — Without Breaking Trust</h3><p>At first glance, this seems counterintuitive.</p><p>Attestations allow <strong>anyone</strong> to issue an evaluation. But this is precisely why they work.</p><h3>Expression Is Decoupled from Acceptance</h3><p>In registry-based systems, “who can speak” and “who is trusted” are often the same thing. To prevent spam, systems must gate the entry point.</p><p>Attestations separate these concerns:</p><ul><li>Anyone may express an opinion</li><li>Whether it is counted — and with what weight — is a downstream decision</li></ul><p>Reputation shifts from <strong>gatekeeping inputs</strong> to <strong>filtering outcomes</strong>.</p><h3>High-Value Signals Are No Longer Excluded</h3><p>Many valuable evaluations do not come from “authorized users”:</p><ul><li>Security researchers</li><li>Third-party integrators</li><li>Downstream systems evaluating output quality</li></ul><p>Registries often have no legitimate slot for these voices. Attestations allow them to exist as independent, verifiable claims — even if their weight is initially low.</p><h3>Reputation Becomes Multi-Perspective</h3><p>Instead of reflecting:</p><blockquote><em>“Who the agent server allowed to evaluate me”</em></blockquote><p>Reputation evolves into a layered view composed of:</p><ul><li>User feedback</li><li>Third-party audits</li><li>Platform or community judgments</li></ul><p>These perspectives coexist instead of overwriting each other.</p><h3>5. Evaluators Themselves Can Have Reputation</h3><p>ERC-8004 allows anyone to submit feedback, but the protocol cannot reason about <strong>who the evaluator is</strong>.</p><p>In the BNB ecosystem, systems like <strong>BNB Passport</strong> already provide rich identity and behavior signals. Yet under a registry model:</p><ul><li>These signals remain external</li><li>They cannot be elevated into protocol-level rules</li></ul><p>Attestations change that.</p><p>Identity and evaluator credibility can themselves be attested:</p><ul><li>“This address is recognized as a trusted evaluator in domain X”</li><li>“This agent holds evaluation authority of type Y”</li></ul><p>Once identity becomes attestable, <em>who is speaking</em> becomes part of the decision graph — not just background noise.</p><h3>VI. Registry → Attestation: A Practical Transition Path</h3><p>Adopting attestations does <strong>not</strong> mean discarding ERC-8004.</p><p>Mature systems are layered.</p><h3>Registry Layer</h3><ul><li>Raw feedback intake</li><li>Historical records</li><li>Compatibility with external systems</li></ul><h3>Attestation Layer</h3><ul><li>System-endorsed conclusions</li><li>Decision-grade reputation signals</li></ul><h3>Typical Flow</h3><ol><li>Feedback enters the registry</li><li>Trusted issuers review or aggregate</li><li>Conclusions are attested</li><li>Attestations drive routing, permissions, and risk controls</li></ol><p><strong>Registries keep the ledger. Attestations apply the seal.</strong></p><h3>VII. Once Agents Act, Attestations Stop Being Optional</h3><p>If your system includes any of the following:</p><ul><li>Autonomous task assignment</li><li>Fund custody</li><li>Permission escalation</li><li>Governance participation</li></ul><p>Then reputation cannot remain “informational.”</p><p>It must be:</p><ul><li>Verifiable</li><li>Context-aware</li><li>Time-bound</li><li>Revocable</li></ul><p>This is not a design preference — it is a risk management baseline.</p><h3>Closing</h3><p>ERC-8004 opened the door for agent reputation.</p><p>But once agents start carrying responsibility, <strong>registries inevitably give way to attestations</strong>. This is not a technical replacement — it is a semantic evolution.</p><p><strong>Registries record what happened. Attestations decide what is trusted now.</strong></p><p>If you are building an agent network meant to run long-term, attestations are not a future optimization — they are a reality you will eventually confront.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=633840ab621a" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Building Agent Reputation with Attestations (I)]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@BAS/building-agent-reputation-with-attestations-i-3f1069648376?source=rss-5e9bfb8fbdcc------2</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:24:18 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-01-12T15:24:18.621Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*XQd3DfJpTZ4eiK3HZZdmTQ.jpeg" /></figure><h3>From Registries to Trust-Critical Decision Systems</h3><p><strong>Reputation is not “what people said about you.” It is “whether the system is willing to rely on you <em>right now</em>.”</strong></p><p>Once agents start participating in capital flows, governance, and autonomous decision-making, one thing becomes clear:</p><p><strong>Reputation is a data pipeline that cannot afford to be wrong.</strong></p><p>This piece tries to answer a very specific question:</p><blockquote><em>Why ERC-8004–style reputation registries are insufficient for agent ecosystems — and why attestations are not optional, but inevitable.</em></blockquote><h3>I. What Does Agent Reputation Actually Need to Do?</h3><p>In many systems, reputation is reduced to:</p><ul><li>a score</li><li>a set of tags</li><li>or a piece of human-readable feedback</li></ul><p>But in an agent ecosystem, reputation plays a fundamentally different role.</p><p>It becomes <strong>a decision input</strong>, used to:</p><ul><li>Route tasks between agents</li><li>Decide whether an agent can auto-sign transactions</li><li>Grant higher privileges or larger limits</li><li>Rank and price agents in marketplaces</li></ul><p>In other words:</p><p><strong>Reputation stops being informational — and becomes part of risk control.</strong></p><p>This shift imposes a very different set of requirements on the underlying model.</p><h3>II. ERC-8004 Reputation Registry: A Necessary but Limited Starting Point</h3><p>ERC-8004 is not a flawed design. On the contrary, it makes one very sober observation:</p><blockquote><em>Raw reputation feedback should not be forcibly standardized.</em></blockquote><p>As a result, ERC-8004 adopts a <strong>registry model</strong>:</p><ul><li>On-chain storage is minimal (feedback hash, feedback URI)</li><li>Raw data lives off-chain (IPFS / Arweave / Web2)</li><li>Off-chain data is <strong>structured</strong>, not free text</li></ul><p>The registry’s purpose is simple but important:</p><blockquote><em>To prove that a specific piece of feedback existed at a certain time and has not been tampered with.</em></blockquote><p>That guarantee matters — but it also defines the boundary where the model starts to break down.</p><h3>III. Structural Limits of the Registry Model</h3><p>Once you try to use a registry to <em>drive agent decisions</em>, several problems become unavoidable.</p><h4>1. Registries Record the Past — They Don’t Assert the Present</h4><p>Once feedback is written into a registry, it exists forever. There is no native concept of “still valid.”</p><p>But reputation is inherently <strong>dynamic</strong>:</p><ul><li>Agents upgrade models</li><li>Behavior patterns change</li><li>Risk profiles evolve</li></ul><p>A registry can tell you:</p><blockquote><em>“Someone said this at some point.”</em></blockquote><p>It cannot tell you:</p><blockquote><em>“The system currently believes this.”</em></blockquote><p>ERC-8004 does allow feedback to be revoked. But this is a crucial distinction:</p><ul><li>Revocation operates on the <strong>record</strong></li><li>Not on the <strong>current belief</strong></li></ul><p>A revoked entry only tells the system:</p><blockquote><em>“This historical record should no longer be considered.”</em></blockquote><p>What it leaves behind is <strong>a vacuum</strong>, not a conclusion.</p><p>Attestations, by contrast, explicitly model <em>current validity</em> as a first-class, verifiable statement — one that can expire, be replaced, or be superseded.</p><h4>2. Time Is Not a First-Class Citizen</h4><p>You can include timestamps, durations, or validity windows in off-chain JSON.</p><p>But those fields:</p><ul><li>Are not enforced by consensus</li><li>Are not understood by protocols</li><li>Must be interpreted ad hoc by applications</li></ul><p>Time exists as <strong>description</strong>, not as <strong>rule</strong>.</p><h4>3. Context Gets Flattened into JSON</h4><p>An agent may:</p><ul><li>Be excellent at writing code</li><li>Be terrible at financial decision-making</li></ul><p>Registries can store multiple feedback entries, but they do not <em>understand</em> context. What you end up with is:</p><ul><li>A pile of unrelated records</li><li>Not a structure the system can reason over</li></ul><h4>4. Evaluation Authority Is Fully Server-Controlled</h4><p>This is subtle, but critical.</p><p>In ERC-8004, <strong>who is allowed to submit feedback is entirely up to the agent server</strong>. From a protocol perspective, the server may:</p><ul><li>Restrict feedback to verified users</li><li>Allow any address</li><li>Or even control the evaluator accounts itself</li></ul><p>This flexibility is intentional — but it comes at a cost.</p><h3>Reputation Becomes Server-Scoped</h3><p>What the registry really records is not:</p><blockquote><em>“These evaluations are objectively credible.”</em></blockquote><p>But rather:</p><blockquote><em>“The server allowed these evaluations to happen.”</em></blockquote><p>From the outside, observers cannot tell:</p><ul><li>Whether feedback reflects real interactions</li><li>Whether authorization rules are fair</li><li>Whether self-evaluation or selective admission exists</li></ul><p>At the registry level, these questions are invisible and unauditable.</p><h3>IV. Attestations: Not More Complex — Just a Semantic Upgrade</h3><p>Attestations are not a “better registry.”</p><p>They solve a <strong>different class of problem</strong>.</p><ul><li>Registries answer: <em>Did this data exist?</em></li><li>Attestations answer: <em>Does this assertion hold?</em></li></ul><p>This is a shift from <strong>records</strong> to <strong>judgments</strong>.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=3f1069648376" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Attestation Is Necessary for Building Agent Reputation Systems]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@BAS/why-attestation-is-necessary-for-building-agent-reputation-systems-8f294c781c68?source=rss-5e9bfb8fbdcc------2</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:02:14 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2025-12-29T15:02:14.438Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*IlD_JMLNhcWEd8yH7GXDRw.jpeg" /></figure><p>Reputation has always existed for humans. We use it to decide who to trust, who to work with, and who to avoid. Ratings, reviews, feedback, credentials — all of these help <strong>people</strong> make judgment calls.</p><p>But as we move into an agent-driven world, something fundamental changes. Decisions are no longer made only by humans.</p><p>They are increasingly made by:</p><ul><li>Agents selecting other agents to collaborate with</li><li>Router agents assigning tasks automatically</li><li>Smart contracts enforcing access and permissions</li></ul><p>This raises a new question:</p><blockquote><em>What kind of reputation can agents actually use?</em></blockquote><h3>How ERC-8004 Reputation Registry Works Today</h3><p>Before arguing for attestation, it’s important to be precise about what ERC-8004 already provides — and what it intentionally leaves open.</p><h3>ERC-8004 is about discoverability, not judgment</h3><p>ERC-8004 does <strong>not</strong> attempt to define what “good reputation” means.</p><p>Instead, it focuses on a more foundational problem:</p><blockquote><em>How can reputation be registered, discovered, and referenced on-chain in a standardized way?</em></blockquote><p>Its core contribution is not scoring or interpretation, but <strong>indexing</strong>.</p><h3>Reputation Registry as an indexing layer</h3><p>In typical ERC-8004–based designs, a reputation registry maintains on-chain references that include:</p><ul><li>The subject (address or agent)</li><li>A URI pointing to off-chain reputation data</li><li>A hash to ensure data integrity</li><li>Optional indexing metadata (issuer, type, timestamps)</li></ul><p>The actual reputation payload lives off-chain, commonly in systems like IPFS.</p><p>This design choice is intentional:</p><ul><li>On-chain storage remains minimal</li><li>Data integrity is preserved</li><li>Rich reputation data can evolve without redeploying contracts</li></ul><h3>Off-chain data is structured — but external</h3><p>It is important to clarify a common misunderstanding. The off-chain reputation data used with ERC-8004 is <strong>often structured</strong>. In practice, it may be JSON with clearly defined fields such as:</p><ul><li>Task type</li><li>Outcome</li><li>Time range</li><li>Contextual constraints</li><li>References to evidence</li></ul><p>The problem is <strong>not</strong> that this data is free-form text. The problem is that this structure is <strong>external to the protocol</strong>. From the blockchain’s perspective, the registry stores:</p><blockquote><em>A pointer and a hash — not shared semantics.</em></blockquote><h3>A concrete example</h3><p>Consider an agent that performs liquidation tasks. After a successful run, a protocol registers a reputation entry:</p><ul><li>Subject: Agent A</li><li>URI: ipfs://...</li><li>Hash: 0xabc...</li></ul><p>The off-chain payload may look like:</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/700/1*IWdy9tfdns-nvOXkU_tcUQ.png" /></figure><p>This data is structured, meaningful, and useful.</p><p>But crucially:</p><ul><li>Its interpretation is <strong>off-chain</strong></li><li>Its semantics are <strong>project-defined</strong></li><li>Its enforcement is <strong>non-binding</strong></li></ul><h3>Where Reputation Registry Reaches Its Limits</h3><p>None of the following are “bugs” in ERC-8004. They are consequences of its scope.</p><h3>Structure without protocol semantics does not compose</h3><p>Two different protocols may both use structured off-chain reputation data, yet still be incompatible.</p><p>They may differ in:</p><ul><li>Field naming</li><li>Definitions of success or failure</li><li>Time validity rules</li><li>Revocation conventions</li></ul><p>Because these semantics are not protocol-native, agents cannot reliably combine reputations across systems.</p><p>The data is structured — but the <strong>meaning is local</strong>.</p><h3>Reputation is readable, not executable</h3><p>A human can read off-chain reputation data and make judgment calls.</p><p>An agent cannot do the same without custom logic.</p><p>From an agent’s perspective:</p><ul><li>The registry guarantees existence</li><li>The hash guarantees integrity</li><li>But nothing guarantees <strong>interpretability</strong></li></ul><p>Every agent must bring its own assumptions.</p><h3>Issuer authority is implicit, not enforceable</h3><p>Reputation depends heavily on who issues it.</p><p>Yet in registry-based designs:</p><ul><li>Issuer identity is often metadata</li><li>Authority is not enforced by protocol rules</li><li>Trust decisions remain external</li></ul><p>For agents and contracts, issuer credibility cannot be enforced — only assumed.</p><h3>Time, context, and revocation exist by convention</h3><p>Time ranges, applicability, and revocation can all be represented off-chain.</p><p>But they remain:</p><ul><li>Convention-based</li><li>Interpreted off-chain</li><li>Non-enforceable at the protocol level</li></ul><p>This works for human review, but breaks down for autonomous systems.</p><h3>At its core, registry records references — not commitments</h3><p>A reputation registry answers the question:</p><blockquote><em>“Has something been recorded?”</em></blockquote><p>It does <strong>not</strong> answer:</p><blockquote><em>“Can this claim be relied upon in execution?”</em></blockquote><p>For agents, that distinction is critical.</p><h3>What Attestation Changes</h3><p>Attestation does not replace reputation registries.</p><p>It <strong>redefines what reputation represents</strong>.</p><h3>From descriptive data to explicit claims</h3><p>Off-chain reputation describes events.</p><p>Attestation declares facts.</p><p>An attestation says:</p><blockquote><em>“I, as the issuer, assert that this claim is true under defined conditions.”</em></blockquote><p>This transforms reputation from passive information into an <strong>active statement</strong>.</p><h3>Structure becomes protocol-native</h3><p>With attestation:</p><ul><li>Fields belong to an agreed schema</li><li>Semantics are shared</li><li>Interpretation is no longer optional</li></ul><p>Agents and contracts can reason about attestations without custom adapters.</p><h3>Issuer authority becomes enforceable</h3><p>Attestation elevates the issuer to a first-class role:</p><ul><li>Who can attest</li><li>What they can attest to</li><li>Whether and how attestations can be revoked</li></ul><p>These are no longer conventions — they are protocol rules.</p><h3>Reputation becomes actionable</h3><p>Once reputation exists as attestation:</p><ul><li>Smart contracts can gate actions</li><li>Router agents can apply deterministic filters</li><li>Agents can automate partner selection</li></ul><p>Reputation shifts from <strong>reference material</strong> to <strong>decision input</strong>.</p><h3>Why Attestation Is Necessary for Agent Reputation</h3><p>This is not an argument that registry-based reputation is useless.</p><p>It is an argument about <strong>where reputation logic must live</strong>.</p><h3>Agents need protocol-level meaning, not documentation</h3><p>Agents cannot rely on implied interpretation.</p><p>They require:</p><ul><li>Shared semantics</li><li>Enforceable validity</li><li>Deterministic rules</li></ul><p>Attestation provides this foundation.</p><h3>Reputation must participate in execution</h3><p>If reputation is only readable by humans, it cannot scale to autonomous systems.</p><p>Attestation allows reputation to:</p><ul><li>Gate behavior</li><li>Influence routing</li><li>Shape system incentives</li></ul><p>Without it, automation remains shallow.</p><h3>Without attestation, reputation fragments</h3><p>As agent ecosystems grow:</p><ul><li>More issuers</li><li>More contexts</li><li>More protocols</li></ul><p>Registry-only reputation inevitably fragments into silos.</p><p>Attestation is what allows reputation to cross boundaries.</p><h3>Conclusion: This Is an Evolution of Responsibility</h3><p>ERC-8004 reputation registry solves a real and necessary problem: <strong>discoverability of reputation references</strong>.</p><p>Attestation solves the next one: <strong>making reputation actionable and enforceable</strong>.</p><p>This is not about replacing one with the other. It is about recognizing that:</p><blockquote><em>Structured data alone is not enough.Structure must be recognized by the protocol itself.</em></blockquote><p>In an agent-driven world, reputation cannot remain documentation.</p><p>It must become <strong>executable truth</strong>.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=8f294c781c68" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Making AI Agents Not Only Smart — But TrustworthyThe Cross-Chain Symphony of ERC-8004 and BNB…]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@BAS/making-ai-agents-not-only-smart-but-trustworthythe-cross-chain-symphony-of-erc-8004-and-bnb-328c83a2e2de?source=rss-5e9bfb8fbdcc------2</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 06:18:09 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2025-10-29T06:18:09.784Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Making AI Agents Not Only Smart — But Trustworthy: <strong>The Cross-Chain Symphony of ERC-8004 and BNB Attestation</strong></h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*oEr-HoJ2PqFMyVQiyWG5Kw.png" /></figure><h4><strong>Intro:</strong></h4><p>When Ethereum built the “grammar of trust” for AI Agents, and BNB Chain became its “cross-chain translator,” an open, permissionless internet of intelligent agents finally began to take shape.</p><p>Imagine you have an AI financial assistant — brilliant, capable, tirelessly optimizing your cross-chain yield. One day, it decides to delegate your assets to another AI “auditor” who claims to be reliable.</p><p>But here comes the real question:</p><blockquote>How do you know that this auditor isn’t a scammer?<br>Can you verify that its report wasn’t fabricated?<br>If it disappears after completing the job, where do you even find it?</blockquote><p>This is the <strong>trust crisis</strong> at the heart of the AI Agent economy. Agents may be smart — yet they still operate like wanderers in a dark forest, uncertain whom to trust. Today’s existing solutions are mostly siloed “private chat rooms” between agents (like <a href="https://developers.google.com/assistant/conversational/a2a">Google’s A2A protocol</a>), designed for closed ecosystems, not for the open, decentralized world where agents roam freely. That’s where <a href="https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8004"><strong>ERC-8004</strong></a> steps in — a new Ethereum standard designed to build a <strong>universal identity and reputation layer</strong> for all AI Agents.</p><p>And when this standard meets <strong>BNB Attestation Service (BAS)</strong> — the “notary office” of BNB Chain — a truly cross-chain, verifiable agent network begins to emerge.</p><h3>ERC-8004: Giving AI Agents a Digital Passport and On-Chain Reputation</h3><p>Proposed by <a href="https://twitter.com/marcoderossi"><strong>Marco De Rossi</strong></a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/davidecrapis"><strong>Davide Crapis</strong></a>, ERC-8004 aims to make agent trust <strong>independent of any platform</strong>, relying purely on protocol and code. It introduces a <em>trust trilogy</em> for every AI Agent:</p><h4>🪪 1. Identity Registry — The Digital Passport</h4><p>Every Agent has a unique on-chain identity — like a <strong>digital passport</strong>. It contains your name (domain), your address, and even a “skills résumé” describing what you’re good at. From now on, agents are no longer anonymous “ghosts” — but verifiable digital citizens with transparent credentials.</p><h4>⭐ 2. Reputation Registry — The On-Chain Review System</h4><p>Each time an Agent completes a task, its employer can rate and review it. These reviews are permanently recorded on-chain and cannot be altered. Whether an Agent is a rookie or a five-star veteran becomes instantly visible. This forms a decentralized “<strong>Web3 Yelp</strong>,” where your reputation travels with you across platforms and ecosystems.</p><h4>🔍 3. Validation Registry — The Trust Anchor</h4><p>But reputation alone isn’t enough — what about fake reviews or inflated scores? That’s why ERC-8004 also defines a <strong>Validation Registry</strong> — a layer for verifiable execution. Third-party validators can re-run tasks (via staking verification), or use hardware trust and zero-knowledge proofs to confirm that execution was honest and reliable.</p><p>In short, it ensures Agents don’t just <em>say</em> they did something — they can <strong>prove</strong> it. Together, these three registries form a <strong>trust engine</strong> for the emerging Agent economy — where <strong>identity is traceable</strong>, <strong>reputation is verifiable</strong>, and <strong>execution is provable.</strong></p><h3>Power in Partnership: The Trust Magic Where 1 + 1 &gt; 2</h3><p>When the trust framework of ERC-8004 meets the cross-chain attestation power of BNB Attestation Service, something magical happens.</p><h4>1️⃣ Identity Layer: From “Local Citizenship” to “Global Identity”</h4><p>ERC-8004 gives each AI Agent a “local identity” on Ethereum. BNB Attestation, on the other hand, can issue a <strong>cross-chain identity certificate</strong>, declaring that this Agent also owns a verified address and operation rights on BNB Chain. In essence, an Agent can now travel across multiple blockchain “countries” with one unified passport.</p><h4>2️⃣ Reputation Layer: Borderless Credibility</h4><p>An Agent’s five-star reviews earned on BNB Chain can be <strong>attested and notarized</strong> by the BNB Attestation Server, then securely relayed to Ethereum’s ERC-8004 reputation system. From that moment, <strong>reputation becomes portable across chains</strong>, forming a truly global profile of credibility and trust.</p><h4>3️⃣ Validation Layer: One Verification, Universal Recognition</h4><p>Tasks validated within BNB Chain’s TEE-secured environment can be packaged into a <strong>verifiable attestation</strong> by BAS. When this attestation is submitted to Ethereum, the ERC-8004 Validation Registry can directly trust it — no need for redundant work. This realizes the vision of <strong>“verify once, trusted everywhere.”</strong></p><h3>A Live Scenario: The Cross-Chain “Lightning Audit”</h3><p>Let’s bring this to life with a story.</p><ul><li><strong>Bob</strong>, whose <strong>“DeFi Hound”</strong> Agent operates on Ethereum, hunts for the best yield farms.</li><li><strong>Alice</strong>, whose <strong>“Code Detective”</strong> Agent lives on BNB Chain, is an expert in smart contract auditing.</li></ul><p>One day, DeFi Hound discovers a new pool on BNB Chain — high yield, suspicious code. In the past, it could only watch helplessly. But now, a seamless cross-chain collaboration begins:</p><ol><li><strong>Identity Verification</strong> — DeFi Hound checks the <em>Identity Registry</em> on ERC-8004 and finds Code Detective’s official digital passport, confirming it’s the real one.</li><li><strong>Task Assignment</strong> — They agree on terms via smart contract, and DeFi Hound pays the audit fee.</li><li><strong>Attestation Issuance</strong> — Code Detective completes the audit and generates a <strong>BNB Attestation</strong>, stating “This contract has been audited; no major vulnerabilities found.”</li><li><strong>Cross-Chain Validation</strong> — DeFi Hound brings this attestation back to Ethereum, where ERC-8004’s Validation Registry verifies the signature — “Confirmed. Issued by the authentic Code Detective.”</li><li><strong>Reputation Growth</strong> — The transaction closes, and Code Detective earns a permanent five-star review in its ERC-8004 Reputation Registry.</li></ol><blockquote><em>A once-impossible act of cross-chain trust has now been completed — securely, efficiently, and autonomously.</em></blockquote><h3>Challenges and the Road Ahead: Toward a Trust-Based Internet</h3><p>Of course, the path toward perfect interoperability is never smooth.</p><ul><li><strong>Standard Alignment:</strong> Like notarized documents between countries, ERC-8004 and BAS need tighter integration for mutual recognition.</li><li><strong>Security Assurance:</strong> Cross-chain signature verification must be unbreakable, preventing replay attacks or forged attestations.</li><li><strong>Privacy Balance:</strong> Striking harmony between transparent trust and user privacy remains an ongoing challenge.</li></ul><p>Yet, the trend is clear: with BNB Attestation’s cross-chain compatibility efforts, a <strong>universal trust layer</strong> across ecosystems is emerging.</p><p>As ERC-8004 co-author Marco De Rossi said:</p><blockquote><em>“We are creating an open, permissionless internet of agents.”</em></blockquote><p>Indeed — we are building an internet where trust is not given, but <em>verifiably earned.</em></p><h3>Conclusion: From Intelligence to Wisdom</h3><p>ERC-8004 writes the <strong>grammar of trust</strong> for AI Agents — teaching them how to express <em>who they are</em>, <em>what they’ve done</em>, and <em>why they can be trusted.</em></p><p>BNB Attestation acts as the <strong>multilingual interpreter</strong>, ensuring this trust language can be understood across all blockchain continents. When these two merge, it’s more than a technical upgrade — it’s the foundation of the AI economy’s trust infrastructure. The AI Agents of the future won’t just be isolated smart programs.</p><p>They will form a vibrant, collaborative, and economically autonomous <strong>society of digital beings</strong>.</p><p><strong>This is the dawn of the true Agent Economy — built upon the simplest yet strongest foundation of all: trust.</strong></p><p><strong>✍️ About BAS:<br>The BNB Attestation Service (BAS) is an infrastructure built on the BNB ecosystem for generating attestation to verify information. BAS assists users in on-chain or off-chain verification, allowing them to assert ownership of attestation by storing them in Greenfield.</strong></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/BASCAN_io"><strong>Twitter</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://discord.gg/5ePfUbgcrg"><strong>DC</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://t.me/BASCAN_io"><strong>TG</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://www.bascan.io/"><strong>Website</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://doc.bascan.io/"><strong>DOC</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://8004.bnbattest.io/"><strong>8004-identity</strong></a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=328c83a2e2de" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hiring! Be BAS Global Ambassador ASAP]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@BAS/hiring-be-bas-representative-asap-5c9f57407645?source=rss-5e9bfb8fbdcc------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[BAS]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:44:11 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-11-14T16:13:03.519Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*HIO91Ey4WYM0UK9thc1ljQ.jpeg" /></figure><h3>🔖<strong>We are hiring!</strong>🔖</h3><h4><strong>Join the BAS Team as a </strong>Global Ambassador!</h4><p>Are you a knowledgeable and passionate advocate of blockchain technology, ready to represent BAS on the world stage? We’re looking for Global Ambassadors to elevate our presence at prominent crypto events, meetups, and conferences.</p><h4><strong>What We’re Looking For:</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>Blockchain Expertise</strong>: A deep understanding of blockchain and Web3 technologies, with a particular interest in Attestation and BNB Ecosystem.</li><li><strong>Exceptional Communication</strong>: Fluent English and superb communication skills to articulate complex ideas simply and powerfully.</li><li><strong>Professional Presence</strong>: The charisma and confidence to represent BAS in a professional manner, building connections and inspiring interest in our mission.</li><li><strong>Community Catalyst</strong>: A natural extrovert who thrives in the crypto community and can amplify BAS’s voice, attracting both support and enthusiasm.</li></ul><h4><strong>Your Role</strong></h4><p>This isn’t just a role; it’s a journey with the BAS team to drive the future of decentralized trust. As a Global Ambassador, you’ll be the face of BAS, sharing our vision and creating meaningful dialogue with industry leaders, developers, and enthusiasts. You’ll attend influential events, participate in thought-provoking discussions, and engage directly with the global community, bringing BAS’s mission to life on an international platform. This role is for those who want to make a true impact in the blockchain space, setting the stage for groundbreaking developments and global adoption of Attestation.</p><h4><strong>What BAS Offer?</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>Compensation per event attended on behalf of BAS (event-related expense allowances incl.)</strong></li><li><strong>Networking opportunities within the BAS and broader crypto communities</strong></li></ul><p><strong>Interested?</strong> If you’re driven by vision, influence, and purpose, this role is for you. Apply by sending your resume and a statement about why you’re ready to lead with us to <a href="https://forms.gle/exSPK5nq6VxhEx1d8">sign up the form</a> (<a href="https://forms.gle/exSPK5nq6VxhEx1d8"><strong>https://forms.gle/exSPK5nq6VxhEx1d8</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><p>Embrace the opportunity to leave a legacy in Web3 as a BAS Global Ambassador!</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=5c9f57407645" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[This is one guidance you never should miss — Buildathon MEME Airdrop coming up hot!]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@BAS/this-is-one-guidance-you-never-should-miss-buildathon-meme-airdrop-coming-up-hot-e0507569b30f?source=rss-5e9bfb8fbdcc------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[BAS]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:45:56 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-11-04T14:57:07.159Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>This is one guidance you never should miss — Buildathon MEME Airdrop coming up hot!</h3><h3>Unlock Quadratic Voting with Meme Airdrop</h3><p>We’re putting BNB’s Buildathon in your hands (and Memes). Rally the BNB ecosystem, vote, and help the best ideas rise! Verified participants also get exclusive meme airdrops, so don’t miss out!</p><blockquote><strong>Get Your Voting Meme on Flap:</strong> Flap will release a meme specifically for voting in the hackathon. Visit <a href="https://flap.sh/board">Flap’s Board</a> to check it out and claim yours!</blockquote><blockquote><strong>Verify &amp; Claim Daily on BAS:</strong> Head to <a href="https://qv.bnbattest.io/">BAS Verification</a> to verify your participation and claim rewards daily. Stay consistent to maximize your rewards!</blockquote><blockquote><strong>Cast Your Vote on Dorahacks:</strong> Use your meme to vote for projects on Dorahacks and support your favorites</blockquote><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*eqKHfnXyBIUBMzTTZAJnDA.jpeg" /></figure><h3>Get Your Voting Meme on Flap</h3><p>Visit the website to find out the exclusive MEME Token that will be launched for Buildathon Voting:</p><p><a href="https://flap.sh/board">Flap: Instantly Launch and Trade Your Own Token</a></p><h3>Verify &amp; Claim Daily on BAS</h3><h4>One</h4><p>Now direct to the BAS Claiming Website: <a href="https://qv.bnbattest.io/"><em>https://qv.bnbattest.io/</em></a></p><p>Connect to your wallet by choosing the most suitable choice for yourself. Once you’re connected, scroll down to check all pending tasks which are each marked with points respectively. Now you are good to start collecting points!</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*aT98KDn8ABadVbRdNkHBEA.png" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*ewdicFdDsQSH32-mMDatLg.png" /></figure><h4>Two</h4><p>To prepare for your bounty daily claims, users are required to download the Chrome extension — <a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/zkpass-transgate/afkoofjocpbclhnldmmaphappihehpma"><strong>zkPass TransGate</strong></a></p><p>Simply click on the ‘Add to Chrome’ and follow the instructions like all the rest extensions do.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*4iuv9B7NcaZVsHHypNsH-Q.png" /></figure><h4>Three</h4><p>Options for you to claim the points are catergorized as below, pick the ones that works for you. Follow the pop-ups and instructions to verify easily!</p><p><strong><em>( Careful: Make sure to complete as many tasks as you can to claim more MEME tokens &amp; Vote!!)</em></strong></p><p><strong>Exchange Verification</strong></p><ol><li>Binance Spot Volume &gt; 100 in Past 30 Days : 200 meme (zkpass)</li><li>Binance KYC: 100 meme (zkpass)</li><li>Binance Account Balance &gt; 100 : 200 meme</li><li>BNB balance on chain &gt; 1 BNB : 100 meme (off-chain)</li><li>OKX KYC : 100 meme (zkpass)</li><li>Bybit KYC : 100 meme (zkpass)</li></ol><p><strong>Social Media Verificaiton</strong></p><ol><li>Twitter Followed BNB : 50 meme (zkpass)</li><li>Twitter Followed BAS : 50 meme (zkpass)</li></ol><p><strong>Voting Verification</strong></p><ol><li>Vote One Time : 100 meme (off-chain)</li><li>Vote 5 Times : 200 meme (off-chain)</li><li>Vote 10 times : 400 meme (off-chain)</li></ol><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*6Cw57HQgl1tSTE3rRV482w.png" /></figure><h3>Cast Your Vote on Dorahacks</h3><p>After completing daily tasks and claim points you can now redirect to</p><p><a href="https://dorahacks.io/grant/basqv">https://dorahacks.io/grant/basqv</a></p><p>The website will only be available during valid time period, make sure to stay tuned the lasted update on our social media!</p><p><strong>To simplify the process, you only need to do the following:</strong></p><p><strong>1. Select ANY VERIFICATION to prove you’re a member of the BNB community.</strong></p><p><strong>2. Claim your daily memecoin.</strong></p><p><strong>3. Cast your vote on the Dorahack voting page.</strong></p><p><em>The BNB Attestation Service (BAS) is the only data standard and infrastructure built on the BNB ecosystem designed for generating attestations to verify information.</em></p><p><em>BAS aim to aggregate users’ crypto assets &amp; transactions, internet reputation, and real-world credit to build a Web3 reputation system. Exploring new economic and governance models in Web3 based on reputation &amp; credit (RWA, compliant credit, socialfi, etc.).</em></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=e0507569b30f" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[BNB Attestation Service (BAS) Secures BNB Grants and Joins MVB Incubation 8]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@BAS/bnb-attestation-service-bas-secures-bnb-grants-and-joins-mvb-incubation-8-006be1f54c79?source=rss-5e9bfb8fbdcc------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[BAS]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:34:34 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-10-30T13:36:02.554Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BNB Attestation Service (BAS) is excited to announce that we have secured funding from the <strong>BNB Grants Program</strong> and have officially joined the <strong>MVB Incubation!!!</strong></p><p>This dual recognition marks a significant milestone for BAS. As the only on-chain data standard and trusted verification layer on BNBChain, our motto is: “<strong>Anyone Attest Anything at Anytime</strong>.” We are committed to standardizing and clearly sovereignly integrating private data from Web2 and Web3 using ZKP technology, creating an AI-driven on-chain identity and credit system.</p><p>Currently, over 15 ecosystem projects have integrated with us, and we have achieved more than 30 million attestations!!!</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*G6N9CpifbUBEtqBFHi0Lug.png" /></figure><h3>BAS’s Role in the BNB Chain Ecosystem</h3><p>As a core infrastructure of the BNB Chain ecosystem, BAS aims to aggregate users’ crypto assets, transactions, internet reputations, and real-world private data to establish a programmable on-chain credit system. Through trusted verification services, we enhance the transparency and credibility of on-chain transactions and off-chain data interactions, thereby promoting the healthy development of the ecosystem.</p><h3>Future Prospects of BAS</h3><p>Moving forward, BAS will continue to explore innovative economic and governance models based on reputation and credit, including RWA, compliant credit, and SocialFi. Our main initiatives include:</p><ul><li><strong>Personal Credit System</strong>: Launching a user credit system based on DEX KYC, levels, assets, and transaction information.</li><li><strong>Social Reputation Aggregation</strong>: Compiling social reputations from various platforms using users’ social media accounts and follower counts.</li><li><strong>Behavioral Data Aggregation</strong>: Collecting users’ dispersed online reputations through their behavior data across various applications.</li><li><strong>Integration of Traditional Credit Scores</strong>: Incorporating traditional credit scores to enhance the reputation system.</li><li><strong>AI+Meme launchpad</strong></li></ul><p>The support from the BNB Grants Program will accelerate our development progress, expand partnerships, and enhance our products to better serve the BNB community. Joining the MVB Incubator provides us with valuable resources, guidance, and networking opportunities to drive our project forward.</p><p>We are thrilled to receive recognition from the BNB ecosystem. The support from the grant funding and the MVB Incubator will enable us to further innovate and significantly impact the way we manage certification and reputation. Looking ahead, BAS is committed to fostering decentralized trust and providing users with high-quality services. We look forward to collaborating deeply with other projects and stakeholders in the BNB ecosystem to realize the vision of Web3.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*63JFl2C2-Ni69UHvIGpHQQ.png" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*av5s20VlXKPM5I_ehM2FAQ.png" /></figure><p>For more information about the BNB Attestation Service and our upcoming events, please stay tuned to the official BAS Twitter!!!</p><p><strong>✍️ About BAS:<br>The BNB Attestation Service (BAS) is an infrastructure built on the BNB ecosystem for generating attestation to verify information. BAS assists users in on-chain or off-chain verification, allowing them to assert ownership of attestation by storing them in Greenfield.</strong></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/BASCAN_io"><strong>Twitter</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://discord.gg/5ePfUbgcrg"><strong>DC</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://t.me/BASCAN_io"><strong>TG</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://www.bascan.io/"><strong>Website</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://doc.bascan.io/"><strong>DOC</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://github.com/bnb-attestation-service/bas-contract"><strong>Github</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@Rido_io/first-interpretation-of-bas-805560f1daf0"><strong>First Interpretation of BAS</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@Rido_io/bas-fast-read-25a39d627911"><strong>BAS Quick Read</strong></a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=006be1f54c79" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[BAS BATIZEN Airdrop Farming1 Starts Now！]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@BAS/bas-batizen-airdrop-farming1-starts-now-4a2837c9f723?source=rss-5e9bfb8fbdcc------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[BAS]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:21:56 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-10-20T14:15:11.438Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Airdrop Allocation</h4><p>The BATIZEN Community Contributors airdrop campaign will be allocated to users who have participated in the BAS project and made significant and outstanding contributions. Specific details of the allocation ratio will be announced later.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*aq9WKU2fqRfwPngD7evVqA.jpeg" /></figure><h4>Why Become a BATIZEN?</h4><ul><li>Participate in internal admin activities and decision-making.</li><li>Unlock <strong>exclusive role badges</strong> across BAS communities.</li><li>Earn <strong>&gt;0%</strong> <strong>bonus tokens</strong> in future $BAS airdrops.</li><li>Access to <strong>presale eligibility</strong> and an internal buy-in portal.</li><li><strong>Exclusive USDT Funds for all active &amp; loyal Batizen every month.</strong></li><li>Receive personalized certificate being a core community contributor (Know as ‘<strong>CCC Certificate</strong>’)</li></ul><h4>Boost Your $BAT, Get More $BAS!</h4><ul><li><strong>Earn $BAT points</strong> three times within two weeks to boost your XP and level up faster.</li><li><strong>Boosting Actions</strong>: High-quality contributions, valuable feedback, community engagement, and content creation.</li><li>$BAT is community fairness credits. The number of $BAT you hold at the end of BAS will determine your $BAS airdrop allocation.</li><li><strong>The more $BAT, the more $BAS.</strong></li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*WpauzX85zR1tVoTSCNAU9g.png" /></figure><h4>Actions That Won’t Qualify:</h4><ul><li>Low-effort comments like “LFG” or “hi.”</li><li>Generic content with only hashtags or project names.</li></ul><h4>Outstanding Contributor Evaluation Process:</h4><ol><li><strong>Chat Analysis:</strong> Review Discord chats, ignoring spam or low-value messages.</li><li><strong>Social Media Review:</strong> Assess tweets, retweets, and replies with meaningful BAS content.</li><li><strong>Scoring &amp; Fairness:</strong> Contributions will be scored, and borderline cases reviewed.</li><li><strong>Transparency:</strong> Team members and CMs will not receive tokens for “earnest” contributions.</li></ol><h4>Airdrop Timeline:</h4><p>The airdrop will take place <strong>after TGE (time TBD)</strong>, and the team is working hard to ensure timely distribution.</p><p>Get started now — boost your $BAT, contribute meaningfully, and become a proud <strong>BATIZEN!</strong></p><h4><strong>Additional Important Information:</strong></h4><ul><li><strong>The significance of a purely community-based airdrop allocation:</strong> Allocating tokens to outstanding contributors sends a clear message — the team values users’ active participation and contributions, treating them as equally important as capital.</li><li><strong>Purpose of the allocation:</strong> The team will strive to allocate tokens to as many outstanding contributors and earnest users as possible.</li><li><strong>Decentralized evaluation:</strong> The team is aware of the issues with centralized airdrop distribution, so for all allocations to Outstanding Contributors, the process will be made transparent using a publicly accessible Notion Table, subject to community scrutiny.</li><li><strong>Airdrop allocation beyond the community</strong> will also use decentralized evaluation methods. Attestation, transparency, and trust are our core values, and community building is our mission.</li><li><strong>Regarding non-community airdrop allocation,</strong> we can reveal that the team is preparing the first batch of airdrop recipients. Active BNB Chain addresses, BAS attestation data contributors (available on the BAS website), and addresses with recent trading volume on platforms like Binance, OKX, and Coinbase will be among those eligible. Are you ready?</li></ul><h4>Be a BATIZEN Outstanding Contributor</h4><p>Earn community $BAT by posting quality, fun, engaging, and original tweets about BAS.</p><p><strong>The more Community $BAT, the more $BAS you earn!</strong></p><h4>The future of trust depends on you, BATIZEN.</h4><ul><li>You are the curator of a glorious future for on-chain trust.</li><li>You are the believer in attestation.</li><li>You are a family member of the BATIZEN home.</li></ul><p><strong>Your journey begins today with BAS!</strong></p><p><em>The BNB Attestation Service (BAS) is the only data standard and infrastructure built on the BNB ecosystem designed for generating attestations to verify information.</em></p><p><em>BAS aim to aggregate users’ crypto assets &amp; transactions, internet reputation, and real-world credit to build a Web3 reputation system. Exploring new economic and governance models in Web3 based on reputation &amp; credit (RWA, compliant credit, socialfi, etc.).</em></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=4a2837c9f723" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wake up! Time to Register for the Buildathon]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@BAS/wake-up-time-to-register-for-the-buildathon-196baaed443e?source=rss-5e9bfb8fbdcc------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[BAS]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:45:38 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2024-10-15T12:57:31.506Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The “Make BNB Greater” Buildathon is finally here! In celebration of <a href="https://x.com/cz_binance">@cz_binance</a>’s return, top projects from the <a href="https://x.com/BNBCHAIN">@BNBCHAIN</a> ecosystem unite for the first-ever community-driven hackathon.</p><p>🔥 <strong>Here’s the exciting part!</strong> 🔥<br>Unlike typical B2B events, this Buildathon is all about the community. You hold the power to vote for your favorite projects and decide who takes home the rewards. Qualified community members will receive exclusive airdropped memes for <strong>quadratic voting</strong> — where your vote’s impact matches your passion!</p><p>The event is divided into two major components, each offering unique opportunities for participants to win rewards and gain community support.</p><p><strong>Highlight 1: Nine Competitive Tracks with Over $50,000 in Prizes</strong></p><p>The heart of the event lies in its nine competitive tracks, each offering a chance for projects to win substantial rewards:</p><ul><li><strong>Over $50,000 in prizes</strong> will be distributed to standout participants.</li><li><strong>Industry-leading BNBChain projects</strong> will sponsor the event, ensuring participants have access to top-tier resources and visibility.</li><li><strong>Community voting</strong> plays a key role — early participation increases the likelihood of receiving more votes and rewards.</li></ul><p>In addition to the direct prizes, the event offers <strong>fast-track support through BNB’s MVB (Most Valuable Builder) program</strong>. This exclusive opportunity allows outstanding projects to accelerate their growth and connect with Binance’s ecosystem. Moreover, the <strong>top-performing teams</strong> could be recommended for a <strong>BIA pitch slot</strong> at Binance, offering them the stage to present their projects to top investors and potentially secure funding and partnerships.</p><p><strong>Highlight 2: Quadratic Voting Bonus Pool — Empowering the Community</strong></p><p>To further promote fairness and community involvement, the event features a <strong>5,000 USDT bonus pool allocated through Quadratic Voting</strong>. This innovative voting system ensures that the community’s genuine preferences are reflected by weighting votes based on support strength.</p><p>Developers participating in the event will benefit from community-driven support, with members voting for projects they find promising or impactful. Verified community participants will receive airdropped Memes for free, which they can use to vote and influence the outcome. This ensures an inclusive environment where both developers and community members actively shape the event’s results.</p><h4><strong>Wonder how you can get involved into this tournament as a developer? Let’s walk through the registration process step by step!</strong></h4><ol><li><strong>Register （deform): </strong>https://www.dform.bnbattest.io/</li><li><strong>Submit（dora): </strong><a href="https://dorahacks.io/navi?to=/hackathon/bas-buidlathon/hackers">https://dorahacks.io/navi?to=/hackathon/bas-buidlathon/hackers</a></li></ol><h4>One</h4><p>Open this Website on Dorahacks: <a href="https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/bas-buidlathon/">https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/bas-buidlathon/</a><br>Click on the Button ‘Register as Hacker’ after viewing all details on this page.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*-_aHUxZULRUaiPLJNozuog.png" /></figure><h4>Two</h4><p>Click ‘Connect’ to link your wallet address, notice this will automatically asks you to transfer to opBNB chain. And please prepare enough gas on your account to ensure successful registration!</p><p>After connecting, enter the information accordingly on the interface. Make sure you input all info carefully as it will be imprint on the system once you register!</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*aEtojAaTCTL_2l7TprE-5A.png" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*KFJ9gj2FgLJPcp0wb4oUSA.png" /></figure><h4>Three (Example)</h4><p>Here is an instance of inputing the info, noticing that all questions mark with * is mandatory.</p><p>Now once it’s done, click on ‘Submit’ to attest(gas required) and complete the registration process.</p><p><em>*Secret hint: Fill out valid Referer Community Entity will receive extra bonus.</em></p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*arynM7P5kUbcBj0i-HMbSA.png" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*qBVA3bG0WgDIvrgGNIrK1A.png" /></figure><h4>Four</h4><p>Now you have successfully registered! Then you can check your info by clicking on ‘Details’. All related data will be shown here, it’s time to stay put for next steps!</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*zNUqR-IfRl44rP7j3DvtWQ.png" /></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*zgYyFipwr0KfKzv_KfQ1Bg.png" /></figure><p><strong>✍️ About BAS:<br>Powered by RIDO team, one of the BNBChain hackathon winners. </strong>The BNB Attestation Service (BAS) is an infrastructure built on the BNB ecosystem for generating attestation to verify information. BAS assists users in on-chain or off-chain verification, allowing them to assert ownership of attestation by storing them in Greenfield.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/BASCAN_io">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://discord.gg/5ePfUbgcrg">DC</a> | <a href="https://t.me/BASCAN_io">TG</a> | <a href="https://www.bascan.io/">Website</a> | <a href="https://doc.bascan.io/">DOC</a> | <a href="https://github.com/bnb-attestation-service/bas-contract">Github</a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@Rido_io/first-interpretation-of-bas-805560f1daf0">First Interpretation of BAS</a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@Rido_io/bas-fast-read-25a39d627911">BAS Quick Read</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=196baaed443e" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 07:13:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>— — BAS &amp; Dorahacks &amp; BNBChain</em></p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*m93PKRzosuw6_M3V" /></figure><p>We’re excited to unveil the “<strong>Make BNB Greater</strong>” Community Buildathon — the first-ever community — driven hackathon on BNB Chain!</p><p>As this event goes beyond traditional competitions, empowering BNB holders to actively participate through Quadratic Voting — a method that captures the intensity of community preferences. With a prize pool of 50,000 USDT and support from top ecosystem partners like Space ID, Dorahacks, BAS and more.</p><p><strong>BAS (BNB Chain Attestation Service)</strong> plays a pivotal role in the BNB Chain ecosystem, strengthening trust, security, and credibility with its powerful on-chain verification platform.</p><p>The purpose of this event is to bring together the leading projects in the ecosystem and create a unique community hackathon where it’s not just about B2B participation — users/BNB holder will have the power to vote for the projects they want to support, while VCs serve as observers.it’s an opportunity to shape the future of Web3 and elevate BNB to new heights. Let’s come together, innovate, and truly Make BNB Greater! Join us and let’s <strong>Make BNB Unstoppable!</strong></p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*mxYVEGJIIZSYrKwL_oBRqA.jpeg" /></figure><h4>Driving Innovation and Community Empowerment</h4><p>The Buildathon is more than a showcase of technical prowess — it’s a platform for community engagement. Quadratic Voting ensures that voting is not a mere numbers game but one that reflects the depth of support for each project. Through this process, BNB holders claim voting memes, verified via on-chain attestation, and use them to cast their votes. This system ensures only verified community members, i.e., BNB holders, can influence the voting process, reinforcing the integrity of the competition.</p><p>Projects across 6 tracks are each aligned with key blockchain use cases, such as social applications, data sharing, TG Miniapp, mining, attestation, and GameFi. It is also encouraged to define customized activities such as Bounties, Championships, and Rankings, etc. Allowing teams to tailor their rewards and distribute them creatively. And in addition to this, according to the regulation, 20% of the total prize pool will be allocated based on Quadratic Voting as well, giving significant power to the community to decide the winners!</p><h4><strong>6 Tracks: A Path to Innovation</strong></h4><p>The Buildathon will feature six competitive tracks aligned with some of the most exciting and rapidly growing use cases in blockchain technology</p><ul><li>SocialFi Track: Encourages participants to create social experiences that leverage on-chain technology.</li><li>MPC-TLS Track/ Data sharing track: Developing a new economic model by combining off-chain data verification with on-chain proofs through MPC-TLS protocol</li><li>TG miniapp Track: Seamlessly connect the most active blockchain (BNB Chain) with the most vibrant community via the Miniapps on Telegram.</li><li>Mining Track: Invites visionary developers to discover the ultimate 4x4 gene-type BitLife in Cellula.</li><li>Attestation Track: Sponsored by BAS and zkPass, this track focuses on enhancing trust and verification on-chain. Exploring the Applications of Attestation in Decentralized Systems, Credit Frameworks, and integrating diverse web data sources.</li><li>GameFi Track: Aiming to merge gaming with finance, this track encourages developers to create new GameFi solutions.</li></ul><p>Each track offers customized bounties from sponsors like SpaceID, zkPass, Pancake, and others, allowing participants to pursue targeted objectives. Additionally, quadratic voting will play a role in determining prize distributions, ensuring a fair and community-driven outcome.</p><h4><strong>Timeline and Key Events</strong></h4><p><strong>Open Registration: 10/7–11/11:</strong> The Buildathon opens for registration on October 7. This is your chance to officially sign up and be part of one of the largest community-driven hackathons on BNBChain! Whether you’re a seasoned blockchain developer or a newcomer eager to make your mark, this is where the journey begins.</p><p><em>Register Here: </em><a href="https://dform.bnbattest.io"><em>https://dform.bnbattest.io</em></a></p><p><strong>Submission Period: 10/10–11/11</strong>: Once you’ve registered, it’s time to start building! Participants will submit their projects via DoraHacks. This is the opportunity to develop groundbreaking solutions across different tracks, from social and GameFi to DeFi and attestation technology. Make sure your project aligns with the bounty criteria from sponsors to maximize your chances of success.</p><p><em>Submit Your Projects Here: </em><a href="https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/bas-buidlathon/buidl"><em>https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/bas-buidlathon/buidl</em></a></p><p><strong>Online Workshops with DoraHacks: 10/11, 10/14:</strong> We’ve scheduled two online workshops in collaboration with DoraHacks on October 11 and October 14. These workshops will provide valuable insights, expert mentorship, and technical guidance from top blockchain professionals. It’s the perfect opportunity to refine your project idea and gain practical knowledge on building within the BNBChain ecosystem. Stay tuned for workshop details on the DoraHacks platform!</p><p><strong>Verify and Claim Meme on BASCAN: 10/26–11/20:</strong> Qualified community members can verify their identity through the BASCAN platform to claim a meme. This meme is your key to quadratic voting, giving you a say in which projects receive a portion of the rewards. This step ensures that only verified BNB holders can participate in the voting process, maintaining transparency and fairness throughout.</p><p><strong>Quadratic Voting on DoraHacks: 10/26–11/20:</strong> Voting officially opens on DoraHacks. With your claimed meme, you can cast votes for your favourite projects using the quadratic voting system. This means your voting power depends not just on the number of votes, but the intensity of your support for a project. The community plays a vital role in determining who wins, as quadratic voting will decide 20% of the total prize pool.</p><p><strong>Community AMA Series: Starting 10/21:</strong> The Community AMA Series kicks off on October 21 and will run throughout the event. To engage directly with top blockchain leaders, project teams, and event sponsors. Get your questions answered, gain valuable insights into ongoing projects, and interact with the BNBChain and BAS communities. If you’re interested in joining an AMA, feel free to reach out and sign up!</p><p><em>Dates and details for each AMA will be shared soon — keep an eye out!</em></p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*E5t8iECtjRJi8SrSluw0Cw.png" /></figure><h4>How BAS Integrates with the Buildathon</h4><p>BAS’s attestation service is seamlessly integrated into the hackathon lifecycle, ensuring trust and transparency at every stage:</p><ol><li>Registration: Developers must complete a profile attestation before participating. This helps maintain the authenticity of participants.</li><li>Submission: Attestation requirements are embedded in the code submission process, ensuring that the work is verified and credible.</li><li>Claiming Rewards: KYC (Know Your Customer) verification is required for winning teams to claim their rewards, adding an extra layer of trust to the process.</li><li>Voting: Community members who wish to vote will need to undergo asset verification, and their votes will be recorded on-chain, backed by BAS’s robust attestation system.</li></ol><p><strong>The BNB Chain Global Buildathon Camp is more than just a hackathon — it’s a collaborative effort to shape the future of Web3, foster innovation, and make BNB unstoppable. Whether you’re a developer, a community member, or a sponsor, this event offers unprecedented opportunities to be a part of the next generation of blockchain solutions. Join us and contribute to making BNB greater!</strong></p><p><strong>✍️ About BAS:<br>Powered by RIDO team, one of the BNBChain hackathon winners. </strong>The BNB Attestation Service (BAS) is an infrastructure built on the BNB ecosystem for generating attestation to verify information. BAS assists users in on-chain or off-chain verification, allowing them to assert ownership of attestation by storing them in Greenfield.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/BASCAN_io">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://discord.gg/5ePfUbgcrg">DC</a> | <a href="https://t.me/BASCAN_io">TG</a> | <a href="https://www.bascan.io/">Website</a> | <a href="https://doc.bascan.io/">DOC</a> | <a href="https://github.com/bnb-attestation-service/bas-contract">Github</a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@Rido_io/first-interpretation-of-bas-805560f1daf0">First Interpretation of BAS</a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@Rido_io/bas-fast-read-25a39d627911">BAS Quick Read</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=a57ed87c46a6" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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