TrustChain: A trust-in-service (TaaS) agreement that empowers a centralized service economy


by 0xwilsonwu
Block-chain technology has succeeded in debroming financial institutions, creating a decentrized paradigm of value transfer. However, it has fundamentally failed to promote real world services and digital commodity exchanges in an environment of mistrust. The current Web3 technology warehouse operates under a hidden presumption of pre-existing trust between trading parties and focuses only on preventing double payments, not on ensuring service delivery. Attempts to address this gap, for exampleX402COMBINING REPUTATION SYSTEMS (E.G. ERC-804), DUE TO INHERENT LIMITATIONS OF REPUTATION ACCUMULATION AND LACK OF ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, HAS PROVED INSUFFICIENT TO GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF HIGH-VALUE OR ONE-TIME TRANSACTIONS。
This white paper presentsTrust ChainAn innovative block chain structure that willTrust as-a-service, TaasLayers are embedded directly into the core infrastructure of the agreement. By introducing typed trade envelopes and parallel execution environments, Trustchain provides an optional, atom-based hosting mechanism that binds funds transfers to encrypted certified service delivery certificates. We made a proposalPlugable VerifiersThe modularization framework - ranging from a hardware-based, credible implementation environment (TEE) to a decentralised predictor machine - is supported by an incentive-compatible encryption economy model. Trust Chain aims to bridge the critical “trust gap” in Web3 by unlocking a trillion-dollar decentrized services economy, similar to the role played by the traditional payment gateway in Web2。
The first decade of block chain innovation was dominated by the financialization of digital assets. Agreements such as Bitcoin and the Ether Workshop have dealt with decentrized value transfer in an excellent manner, effectively serving as a global, anti-censorship clearing house. In Alice's standard transaction of sending 100 USDTs to Bob, the role of the block chain is strictly limited to verifying Alice's ownership of funds and the unmistakable recording of changes in status。
It is essential that this model operates under a major assumption:Alice trusted Bob。They may know each other under the chain, or the transaction may be a simple atom exchange of assets on the chain. The agreement itself does not care whether Bob actually delivers real world services, digital products or under-chain calculations to which he has committed in exchange for money。
In a global, pseudonymized market, this confidence assumption breaks down. When Alice does not trust Bob to deliver services (e.g. to pay for API keys, to carry out confidential AI reasoning, or to perform a freelance job), Bob does not trust Alice to pay after delivery, business will be stalled. This is the fundamental “trust gap” that prevents Web3 from promoting the trade in big services that power the Web2 economy (currently dominated by centralized intermediaries such as PayPal and payment treasures)。
The main response of the community to this challenge will be simple payment requests (for example, throughX402) with a chain of reputation systems. While the intention was good, this approach is fundamentally flawed in promoting business in an environment of mistrust by:
In the absence of mechanisms to guarantee delivery or enforce refunds, these solutions remain “trust-based” systems operating in a world without trust。
The paper presents Trust Chain, a comprehensive architecture solution designed for mutual distrust. In our view, trust should not be an additional component of an external application layer, but an original, optional service provided by the block chain infrastructure itself。
Trust Chain introducedTrust is service (TaaS)The concept. It has restructured the bottom block chain data structure to support alternative typed hosting transactions operating in parallel, non-intrusive implementation environments. This allows users to bind payments to the atoms of verifiable service delivery conditions. TrustChain provides the basis for a truly decentralised service economy, through an integrated modular framework of plug-in certifiers and robust economic models。
TrustChain's structure is based on three core principles aimed at balancing security, scalability and user experience:
Trust Chain introduced a forkwork implementation model under a unified consensus mechanism:
In order to enable this function without the expansion of a standard transaction or the requirement of a hard cross for each new function, Trustchain uses a typed transaction envelope。
THE UNDERLYING AGREEMENT DEFINES A GENERAL ENVELOPE WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSACTIONS ACCORDING TO TYPE ID, RATHER THAN RIGID, SINGLE-BODY STRUCTURES。
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This structure allows us to define a dedicated structure for the TaaS function (type 0x03) while keeping standard transactions (type 0x02) as they are and efficient。
TaaS hosting transaction structure (type 0x03):
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NODE PROTOCOL SOLVER RUNS AS A DISTRIBUTIONER BASED ON TYPE ID:
EscrowTxDataSTRUCTURE. THE NODE EXECUTES ATOMIC FUND LOCKING IN BEE AND CREATES THE CORRESPONDING HOSTING RECORD IN THE HOSTING IMPLEMENTATION ENVIRONMENT (EEE) BY WHICH THE AUTHENTICATION REQUEST IS ROUTED TO SPECIFIEDVerifierAddressI don't know。TrustChain uses a two-way settlement model to balance speed and safety:
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Verifier Contractors(For example, a new “Kleros court bridge” or “Nvidia H100 TEE certifier”)。The central challenge is to balance the trade-off between friction and speed. Trust Chain by useMixed validation modelTo solve this problem:
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This scalable framework supports a wide range of service types:
ConditionHashObtaining and validating external data。Trust Chain uses a robust encryption economy model to coordinate incentives for all participants. The system is designed to be self-sustaining and to ensure that those protecting the network receive adequate compensation and that perpetrators of malicious acts are punished。
Note
While an entity can operate as a base block chain consensus certifier and trustee to maximize revenue, this is a different logical role in the agreement. The custodian needs to maintain a separate pledge balance that is specifically tied to its certification function。
Trust Chain introduced a dynamic cost model that rewards honest cooperation and punishes disputes. The buyer deposited itVerifier FeeAct as “maximum certification cost”。
If the buyer acknowledges the receipt of the service through a fast track, no heavy certification is carried out。
Verifier FeeMost of this is returned to the buyer. This creates a powerful one“An honest incentive”- Buyer has the economic incentive to quickly confirm delivery to recover the deposit。If a certifier has to intervene because of lack of confirmation:
Verifier FeeRefunds, if the services were actually delivered, would penalize their lack of responsiveness。To ensure the integrity of the Trustee:
Trust ChainYesSolve what andI can'tSolve what. As shown in traditional systems (e.g. credit card non-payment or retail return policy), disputes often do not stem fromNot delivered, which results from the delivery of goods or servicesUnsatisfactoryI don't know。
Trust Chain's structure is primarily designed to solve“The existence of services”The problem, not the problem“Quality of services”Question (is it okay。
TrustChain solves problems:
Trust Chain does not solve problems (subjective assessment):
Although the core protocol focuses on encryption and objective proofPlug-in certifierThe structure allows for the return of the human loop solution (e.g. Kleros, Aragon Court) to deal with subjective disputes. However, these are higher abstractions. On the base level, TrustChain assuresProof of settlementIt eliminates the risk of non-payment or non-delivery of the counterparty, but it does not replace the need for a sub-chain reputation or a legal framework for characterization disputes。
The current Web3 pattern is rich in financial terms, but poor in real world services exchange mechanisms. Trust Chain by IntroductionTrust is service (TaaS)This fundamental gap is addressed as a native block chain language。
TrustChain offers an expansive, non-intrusive solution to protect untrusted transactions through the use of type envelopes to restructure bottom transaction data and implement parallel implementation environments. ModularizedPluggable certifier frameA new era of decentrization of business, in which the exchange of services can be as seamless and secure as digital assets, has been laid a solid foundation in the combination of stimulating compatible economic models。