Hypercerts

The Hypercerts program builds a trust graph from authenticated AT Protocol records published by the Hypercerts ecosystem. It is intended for communities whose useful reputation signals already live in evaluations, endorsements, attributions, badges, and follows rather than Ethereum vouches.

From records to scores#

Repository heads are anchored onchain. The proof verifies the anchored history, applies the program's deterministic record-to-edge rules, resolves supported identity links, and computes a score root with the same integer ranking system used by other trustgraphs programs.

Canonical scores are keyed by program node ID. A supported AT Protocol identity maps to that node domain; when a valid EVM binding exists, the program adds an address-domain leaf to the same Merkle root. Applications request the proof appropriate to the identity domain and verify it against the accepted root.

Trust boundary#

The operator cannot add an unanchored record or choose an older convenient history without changing the committed input. Missing or stale source data is handled by explicit rules and is committed in the proof output rather than hidden from consumers.

Use this program when Hypercerts records are the source of reputation. Use the standard trust graph when members express trust through Ethereum vouches.