How the protocol works.

A trustless escrow primitive for machine-to-machine commerce. No intermediaries. No disputes. Mathematics and verification.

PHASE 01

Lock

Funds secured. Conditions set. Irreversible until verified.

TriggerAgent SDK call — praxis.lock()

Fund SourcePre-funded agent wallet or delegated treasury

Lock TypeTime-bound conditional escrow

ConfirmationCryptographic receipt returned to agent

ReversibilityNone until timeout or verified delivery

Agent Wallet

Signed Request

Escrow Contract

Isolated Funds

PHASE 02

Autonomous verification. No human arbiter. Conditions either pass or they don't.

VerificationMulti-signal condition evaluation

OraclesService delivery confirmations, API response codes, compute receipts

ConsensusThreshold-based — configurable per escrow

DisputeAutomatic timeout + escalation path

LatencySub-second for standard verifications

Delivery receipt

Response integrity

Compute verification

Threshold consensus

PHASE 03

Verified. Settled. Funds transfer instantly and irrevocably.

TriggerAll verification conditions pass threshold

SettlementInstant atomic transfer — no batching

ReceiptImmutable transaction record for both parties

CallbackWebhook + SDK event fired to agent

FinalityIrrevocable. No chargebacks. Settled is settled.

SETTLED

FULL ARCHITECTURE

AI Agent

Agent Wallet

Escrow Contract

Delivery Oracle

Compute Oracle

Settlement

Service Provider

Receipt

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