What is Attestor?
Attestor is the trust layer of the Satoshium ecosystem. It explores how attestations, evidence, trust signals, reputation, accountability, and historical context may contribute to trust-related understanding.
Attestor · FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions regarding Attestor, attestations, evidence, trust signals, reputation, corrections, and trust-related systems.
Does Attestor determine truth?
No. Attestor documents trust-related information. It preserves statements, evidence references, trust signals, and historical context. Truth remains subject to evidence, interpretation, and ongoing review.
What is an attestation?
An attestation is a statement made by an individual, organization, institution, or system regarding a subject, claim, event, identity, or relationship.
What is a trust signal?
A trust signal is information that may influence how observers evaluate credibility, reliability, accountability, or trust-related context. Trust signals inform judgment but do not determine it.
What role does evidence play?
Evidence provides supporting information that may contribute to attestations, verification activities, trust evaluations, and historical understanding.
How does Attestor relate to Certifier?
Certifier focuses on verification. Attestor focuses on trust. Verification outcomes may contribute trust signals, but verification and trust remain separate concepts.
How does Attestor relate to Anchor?
Anchor manages identity. Attestor manages trust-related information associated with identities, claims, records, and relationships.
Can records be corrected?
Yes. Transparency requires the ability to document corrections, clarifications, amendments, and retractions while preserving historical context whenever practical.
Will Attestor use reputation systems?
Potentially. Reputation frameworks remain exploratory. Future implementations may document reputation-related signals while preserving transparency and accountability.
Is Attestor operational?
Not yet. Attestor is currently in its foundational phase, focused on documentation, architecture, schemas, standards, and interoperability planning.
Frequently Asked Principle
Trust is rarely created by a single statement. It emerges from evidence, transparency, accountability, history, and context.
Attestation → Evidence → Trust Signals → Reputation → Trust
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