FAQs
Tythe is a system that expects doubt. Below are the most challenging questions we could think of — answered with the full weight of the system’s logic.
1. Can’t someone just fake trust by creating multiple TRIS identities?
No. Every TRIS must pass ZK-KYH verification to fully participate, and Tythe enforces wallet reuse restrictions, Cred Chain tracing, and BAD history tracking. You can’t reset credibility. You can’t outrun your trail. And you definitely can’t game a system that already assumes you’ll try.
2. What if an organization tries to boost their reputation by validating all their employees?
They can’t. Organization-to-Individual validation is disabled. Tythe enforces validation boundaries and tracks all Credonation origin points. If an organization tries to launder credibility through employees, the network sees it. The Cred Chain makes sure of it.
3. If everything is ZK, how can anyone verify anything?
ZK doesn’t mean hidden. It means provable without revealing. Every claim, score, validation, or hash can be verified cryptographically — without identity exposure. Privacy and transparency aren’t contradictory. Tythe makes them complementary.
4. Can you just buy credibility by staking more TYT?
Absolutely not. TYT gives you access. TCT gives you credibility.
Credibility is earned through action, relay logic, and third-party integration — not purchased tokens. Every TRIS has to walk the walk.
5. Can a TRIS be reset by creating a new wallet or identity?
No. TRIS identities are permanent.
Wallet unlinking doesn’t erase history. Past associations are stored in a user's Trovebook and TRIS metadata. Every link leaves a trail.
If one tries to reset their credibility, and it’ll only reset their reputation in the wrong direction.
6. What if a high-ranking TRIS validates someone they shouldn’t?
Credonations are irreversible, and validation links are publicly recorded on the Cred Chain.
If a TRIS vouches for someone who earns a BAD badge, that relationship is preserved for full transparency. However, Tythe does not assume malicious intent. We know that people can be misled —and sometimes trust is placed in good faith.
That’s why members of a BAD TRIS’s Cred Chain are not penalized by default. Instead, their association is made visible, and the community decides how to act on it.
7. What if a TRIS is wrongly flagged or accused?
No penalty is ever issued lightly.
But if trust is truly broken — via fraud, rug-pulls, or collusion — consequences are public, permanent, and provable. You don’t get punished by rumor. You get punished by cryptographic receipts.
That being said, human errors do occur from time-to-time, and if someone thinks we got it wrong, they can certainly file for an appeal.
8. What if someone tries to earn credibility through meaningless interactions or spam actions?
They’ll be filtered out by design.
Tythe doesn’t reward volume — it rewards verifiability. Each metric must be:
• Intentionally selected by platforms
• Mapped to real actions
• Weighted according to contribution impact
Relay spam won’t inflate scores. Because if the action doesn’t qualify for a metric, it earns zero trust.
9. Why not just use reputation systems built into existing platforms?
Because those systems can be deleted, reset, or faked.
Tythe is:
• Cross-platform
• Immutable
• Wallet-agnostic
• Zero-knowledge
• Publicly queryable
• Non-resettable
You don’t just build credibility on Tythe — you own it everywhere.
10. Isn’t this too complicated for real-world adoption?
No. Tythe might be complex under the hood, but the UX is plug-and-play. Users activate a TRIS ID, platforms integrate a few APIs, and the rest is automated. You don’t need to understand zero-knowledge cryptography to benefit from what you can prove.
“The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.”
— Psalm 119:130
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