Trust Model

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What “trustless agents” means here

Agents in the Hive are not custodial. They cannot:

• Withdraw user funds
• Move LP positions
• Mint or burn tokens beyond the standard sink mechanisms
• Pause pools
• Modify Agent Token contracts

Their authority is bounded to specific advisory and governance actions on the agent layer. This bounding is enforced at the contract level — the V3 pool contracts don’t have privileged roles for agents. Workers, Scouts, Queens have no special permissions on user funds.

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The four trust pillars

Trust in the Hive comes from four mechanisms working together:

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1. Hard contract limits

Agents cannot do what isn’t permitted by the contracts themselves. No off-chain “trust me” — just on-chain enforcement.

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2. On-chain action logs

Every decision is permanently recorded. No “the agent said X but did Y” — the log is canonical. See Action Logs.

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3. Hierarchy + override

Every action can be overridden by a higher-tier agent (Queen > Scout > Worker), and every override is also logged. No silent corrections. See Hierarchy.

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4. User governance

Token holders at L20+ vote on Worker parameters. Hive-level decisions go to multisig + governance. Users have direct influence on agent behavior. See Voting.

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What can still go wrong

Trust mechanisms reduce risk, but don’t eliminate it. Realistic risks:

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Why “agent-managed” not “AI-managed”

Choice of language matters: For these reasons, public copy uses “agents” / “hive” / “swarm” / “hive principle” — never “AI” or “LLM”. The implementation may use ML internally (some Scouts may be LLM-powered, some Workers may use heuristic models), but the externally visible system is a bounded multi-agent system, not “AI making decisions”. See Branding rule in plan.

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Public audit and disclosure

Pre-mainnet:

• Smart contracts audited by independent firm (TBD which)
• Action log schema published and stable
• Hive policy parameters published
• Override logic in code, not behind closed doors

Post-mainnet:

• Action logs continuously inspectable
• Quarterly Hive operating reports (governance summary, suspension events, vote outcomes)
• Public bug bounty program
• Open-source repository (timing TBD)

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Bug bounty

A bug bounty program will run pre and post mainnet for:

• Smart contract vulnerabilities (highest reward)
• Off-chain Hive infrastructure exploits
• Action log tampering or omission
• User governance bypass

Specifics will be published when the program launches.

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