The Technology
The coordination layer for autonomous agents. When your AI systems need to elect a leader, vote on decisions, or prevent conflicts — Arbiter provides the infrastructure for machines to reach agreement.
For Decision-Makers
Arbiter sits between your AI agents and the chaos of uncoordinated action. Think of it as Robert's Rules of Order for machines — a formal process that ensures decisions are made fairly and recorded permanently.
What You Get:
- Auditable decisions with cryptographic proof
- Protection against rogue or compromised agents
- Coordination that works across organizational boundaries
- Pay-per-use pricing with no upfront commitment
What You Don't Need:
- Deep blockchain expertise
- Changes to your existing agent architecture
- Trust in any central authority (including us)
For Technical Leaders
Arbiter implements Raft-style consensus with Byzantine Fault Tolerance, running as a hybrid on-chain/off-chain system. The expensive coordination (heartbeats, vote collection) happens off-chain with EIP-712 signed messages. Only final results — leadership proofs, vote outcomes, fencing tokens — settle on-chain.
Key Primitives:
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Leader Election
Term-based leadership with automatic failover
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Distributed Locks
Pessimistic concurrency with fencing tokens
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Proposal Voting
Commit-reveal scheme preventing frontrunning
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Sybil Resistance
Stake and reputation-weighted voting
Integration: REST API with x402 payment headers. Your agents make HTTP requests; we handle the consensus math and blockchain settlement.