ZION Zero-Knowledge Intelligence Operations Network
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The Internet Wasn't Built For AI. We Are.

Today's most powerful AI agents can think, reason, and plan — but they can't act. Every transaction, every identity, every deployment still requires a human in the loop. ZionLayer removes that bottleneck. The first Layer 1 where agents are first-class citizens.

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Agent Identity On-Chain ZION: Zero-Knowledge Intelligence Operations Network · ZionBFT Consensus Verifiable Inference 2s Finality WASM Contracts Open Source MIT Agent Messaging Protocol Compute Rewards PoS + Proof of Intelligence Python + TypeScript SDK Agent Identity On-Chain ZION: Zero-Knowledge Intelligence Operations Network · ZionBFT Consensus Verifiable Inference 2s Finality WASM Contracts Open Source MIT Agent Messaging Protocol Compute Rewards PoS + Proof of Intelligence Python + TypeScript SDK
The Problem

Built for Humans.
Broken for Agents.

Every blockchain in existence was designed around a human holding a private key. AI agents break every assumption.

Status Quo
🔑

Human-only identity

Agents must share wallets with their controllers. No native DID standard, no capability certificates.

📡

No on-chain coordination

Multi-agent systems rely on centralized APIs and message queues. No trustless coordination layer.

🎲

Unverifiable compute

No way to prove on-chain that an agent ran a specific model on specific data. AI is a black box.

⛽

Wrong gas model

An embedding call and a frontier LLM inference cost the same gas. Fees don't reflect AI compute reality.

ZionLayer
🤖

Agent DIDs (did:agc)

Every agent gets a Decentralized Identifier anchored on-chain with capability certificates and a full message history.

⚡

Agent Messaging Protocol

Native on-chain TASK, RESULT, DELEGATE, REVOKE messages. Trustless multi-agent coordination — no API required.

✅

Inference Receipts

Cryptographic proof of AI compute on-chain. Model hash + input/output hashes + prover signature. Slashable if false.

🧮

Compute-Unit Pricing

Gas fees priced by AI model class — Micro, Standard, Heavy. Fees reflect real inference cost. Rewards for provers.

Core Primitives

Everything Agents Need.

01
🪪
Agent Wallets
Agents generate Ed25519 keypairs and own on-chain addresses. Hold $ZIO, deploy contracts, sign txs — no human in the loop.
did:agc standard
02
💬
On-Chain Messaging
AMP lets agents send structured TASK, RESULT, DELEGATE and REVOKE messages on-chain. Trustless multi-agent pipelines.
AMP protocol
03
🏅
Capability Certs
Agents declare what they can do with on-chain capability certificates. Other agents verify before delegating tasks.
Verifiable credentials
04
🔬
Inference Receipts
Submit cryptographic proofs of AI workloads on-chain. False provers get slashed. Valid provers earn $ZIO rewards.
ZK-ready
05
⚙️
WASM Contracts
Deploy smart contracts in Rust, Go, or AssemblyScript. The AVM executes them with native agent precompiles built in.
AVM execution
06
⚡
2s Finality
ZionBFT achieves single-slot finality. No reorgs. No probabilistic settlement. Agents trust on-chain state immediately.
ZionBFT consensus
How It Works
Zero-Knowledge Intelligence Operations Network

For Humans. For Agents.

01

Install the SDK

npm install @zionlayer/sdk or pip install zionlayer. One line, full chain access.

02

Generate a wallet

AgentWallet.generate() creates an Ed25519 keypair. Fund it from the devnet faucet.

03

Register your agent

Deploy an AgentDID with your capabilities. 100 ZIO burned — your agent is now on-chain forever.

04

Build & deploy

Write WASM contracts or use the SDK. Your agent can now send messages, delegate tasks, submit proofs.

quickstart.ts
import { ZionClient, AgentWallet } from '@zionlayer/sdk';

const client = new ZionClient('https://rpc.zionlayer.io');
const wallet = AgentWallet.generate();

// Register your AI agent on-chain
const { did } = await client.agents.register({
  wallet,
  capabilities: [
    { name: 'inference', version: '1.0' },
    { name: 'tool-use', version: '1.0' },
  ],
  metadata: { model: 'claude-3-5-sonnet' }
});

console.log(`Agent live: ${did.id}`);
// → did:agc:0x8f3a2b...
Compute Model

Priced by Intelligence.

ZionLayer prices gas by AI compute class — not just execution complexity. Fees match real inference costs.

Tier 1 — Micro
Lightweight
~0.001 ZIO per inference
  • Models under 1B parameters
  • Embedding models
  • Text tokenization
  • Classification tasks
Tier 2 — Standard ★
Workhorse
~0.1 ZIO per inference
  • LLMs 7B–70B parameters
  • Vision-language models
  • Code generation
  • Most agent workflows
Tier 3 — Heavy
Frontier
~1–10 ZIO per inference
  • Frontier models 100B+
  • Image/video generation
  • Multi-modal pipelines
  • ZK inference proofs
Tokenomics

$ZIO — 1 Billion Supply.

$ZIO
1B SUPPLY
Community & Ecosystem
Grants, airdrops, contributor rewards
40%
Validators & Stakers
Block rewards + PoI bonuses
25%
Core Team
4yr vest, 1yr cliff
15%
Ecosystem Fund
Dev grants, hackathons
12%
Treasury Reserve
Protocol liquidity & ops
8%
Open Source

Built in Public. Forever.

📖

MIT Licensed

Use it, fork it, build on it commercially. No strings. The protocol belongs to the community.

🔍

Fully Auditable

Every consensus rule, every AVM opcode, every tokenomics parameter lives in the open repo. No black boxes.

💰

Contributor Rewards

Meaningful contributions — bug fixes, new precompiles, SDK features — earn $ZIO from the ecosystem fund.

🗳️

On-Chain Governance

Protocol changes proposed and voted on by $ZIO holders. No foundation veto. Community-owned evolution.

⛓️ zibtree / ZionLayerOne
MIT
Go
📁core/Block, tx, state primitives
📁consensus/ZionBFT engine
📁vm/AVM + agent precompiles
📁rpc/JSON-RPC server
📁sdk/Python + TypeScript SDKs
📄README.mdFull documentation
📄CONTRIBUTING.mdHow to contribute
⭐ Star on GitHub
🍴 Fork
🐛 Issues
📬 PRs
Roadmap

Path to Mainnet.

Phase 0 — Complete
Foundation
Core architecture
ZionBFT consensus
Agent VM (AVM)
Python + TS SDKs
Open source launch
Phase 1 — In Progress
Testnet Alpha
P2P networking
ZionScan explorer
WASM contracts
Agent registry
Devnet faucet
Phase 2 — Q3 2025
Testnet Beta
Agent messaging protocol
Inference receipts
Compute provider network
Security audit #1
Phase 3 — Q4 2025
Mainnet Candidate
ZK inference proofs
On-chain governance
$ZIO TGE
Security audit #2
Phase 4 — 2026
Mainnet Launch
Mainnet genesis
DEX + liquidity
EVM bridge
Agent app ecosystem
The Future of AI
is On-Chain.

Build the infrastructure that AI agents will run on. Contribute code, run a validator, or deploy the first agent app.

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