BeTrueCore: A Cryptographically Enforced Collective Decision-Making Protocol with Intuition-Weighted Voting and Ethical AI Governance

Abstract

Abstract. The BeTrueCore protocol is presented — a decentralized collective decision-making system designed to resolve the fundamental contradiction between the authenticity of collective expression and manipulative influence in the digital environment. The system integrates three innovations: The Vote Weight Unit (VWU) model, which quantifies individual contributions based on time-weighted quality metrics rather than financial or institutional status. A cryptographic architecture based on the Minimal Anti-Collusion Infrastructure (MACI) and Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZK-Proofs), decoupling the act of observation from its social consequences. An AI governance layer restricted to a "read-only" mode, delegating the final decision exclusively to cryptographic verification. Within the VWU model, the cumulative rating evolves via exponential smoothing with adaptive learning correction. The concept of the "Panopticon-Stent" is introduced as a novel architectural principle for transforming surveillance infrastructure from an instrument of control into an instrument of collective self-knowledge. We further propose the 23×32 ethical coding framework, mapping 23 Asilomar AI principles against 32 Thoughtful Decision Seeds Hygiene parameters to generate 736 technical ethical requirements, constituting a "digital DNA" for AI systems serving humanity. Keywords: collective decision-making, zero-knowledge proofs, MACI, vote weight unit, AI governance, digital democracy, Panopticon, Wabi-sabi, ethical coding, Web3