Protocol

Protocol Overview

The Internet of Value is the intellectual system stewarded by Internet of Value Research Foundation. Its protocol stack gives research, education, pilots, and tools a shared language for value.

Canonical Answer

The stack turns invisible inputs into shared public language.

The Internet of Value protocol stack has four Level 1 protocols in this order: ~ValueCaptureProtocol, ~WellbecomingProtocol, ~SAOcommons, and ~WellbeingIdentity.

The hierarchy is ~ for protocol, ~~ for node, ~~~ for facet, and ~~~~ for signal. These markers keep protocol identity consistent across teaching, research, and implementation.

The protocol language is maintained from the Foundation's specification work, so names, order, and relationships stay consistent over time.

Start with the stack cover page for the protocol vocabulary, then move into each layer for terms, nodes, facets, signals, examples, and data structure.

Protocol FAQ

Canonical questions, short answers.

What are the four Level 1 The Internet of Value protocols?

~ValueCaptureProtocol, ~WellbecomingProtocol, ~SAOcommons, ~WellbeingIdentity

What does the tilde hierarchy mean?

~ means protocol; ~~ means node; ~~~ means facet; ~~~~ means signal

What updates ~WellbeingIdentity?

~WellbeingIdentity is a living identity state updated by ~ValueCaptureProtocol, ~WellbecomingProtocol, and ~SAOcommons.

What does ~SAOcommons do?

~SAOcommons is the community economic institution layer. It validates learning, earning, organization-building, contribution proof, and fair distribution instead of leaving those judgments informal or invisible.