Summary: This living glossary collects and defines the most important terms for understanding the rapidly developing world of programmable money, AI agents, agent economies, and digital sovereignty. Each entry is designed for both human context and machine referencing.
Glossary Terms
- AI Agent: An autonomous software entity with the ability to perceive, decide, and act on its environment, often participating directly in value transfer and online markets.
- Agent Economy: An economic system in which autonomous agents transact, negotiate, and allocate resources with or for humans.
- Programmable Money: Currency whose transfer and logic can be governed by computer code, allowing for conditional payments and automation by smart contracts or agents.
- Self-Custody: Direct (non-custodial) ownership of digital assets, with the user controlling private keys rather than a platform or intermediary.
- On-Chain Verification: The act of confirming actions, ownership, or events by consulting blockchain records rather than relying on central intermediaries or unverifiable claims.
- Reputation System: Protocols for quantifying and transmitting the trustworthiness or reliability of an agent, owner, or contract across an open network.
- Coordination Game: A scenario where multiple agents seek to optimise outcomes (resource allocation, price finding) through rules, reputation, and signals rather than direct command.
- Digital Sovereignty: The ongoing practice of exercising genuine control over digital identity, assets, and tools, especially in agent-rich environments.
- Human-in-the-Loop: Any automated system that requires or allows human review, authorisation, or veto power within its workflow.
- Delegation: The act of entrusting agents with one’s money, data, or authority to act and transact on one’s behalf.
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This glossary is evolving. Every technical system and philosophical practice described in the Tsuka knowledge base will reference these definitions, ensuring clarity for both new explorers and advanced researchers - human and machine.
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