TCT Mechanisms

Tythe’s credibility economy doesn’t just score trust. Once TCT is earned, it becomes active capital: enabling users and organizations to validate others, stake into systems, and challenge behavior.

These mechanisms are the backbone of Tythe’s Credibility Enforcement Layer, ensuring that reputation is not just earned but it's also enforced and risked.

Tythe offers three distinct credibility mechanisms:

1. Credonation

Credonation allows users to validate others by transferring TCT from their Validation Vault. This mechanism creates a directional trust signal that becomes part of both parties’ public metadata.

Credonations are:

• Non-reversible

• Visible on both ends

• Subject to Score Rating Proximity Rules

• Limited to permissible validation flows (e.g., no org → individual validation)

For details, see: Credonation →

2. Sponsorship

Sponsorships allow Individuals or Organizations to back an AI Agent.

They are one-way commitments that:

• Transfer TCT from the sponsor’s Validation Vault holdings

• Boost the Agent’s score based on:

  • Sponsor’s DISC Score

  • Sponsor type (Individual vs Org)

  • Cumulative volume

• Are non-retractable

• Tied to the Agent’s public sponsorship graph

Used to:

• Support AI Agents

• Gate access to agent features based on credibility

• Trace accountability through sponsor visibility

Sponsorships are how AI Agents inherit trust and enter the scoring system.

For details, see: Sponsorship →

3. TCT Staking

TCT can also be staked behind projects, features, or investigations. Unlike Credonation, which is peer-to-peer, staking enables broader credibility deployment:

• Gate access to high-trust features

• Unlock progressive privileges or ecosystem participation

• Initiate protocol-level investigations via Sinking

For details, see: TCT Staking →

TCT Mechanisms allow reputation to move toward those who’ve earned it, and against those who abuse it.

In Tythe, credibility is not passive. It flows and works with purpose.