Teknologi informasi dan komunikasi kini sebagai media yang memfasilitasi berbagai kegiatan di GKPS Cililitan. Salah satunya adalah untuk proses pemilihan personel pada masa periodisasi Gereja. Pada saat ini proses pemilihan personel di GKPS Cililitan masih dilakukan secara manual, dimana masih menggunakan kertas untuk menulis nama kandidat pilihan dan papan untuk proses penghitungan yang juga secara manual di saksikan oleh seluruh anggota rapat yang hadir. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mempermudah proses periodisasi di GKPS Cililitan, baik secara proses pemilihan dan proses penghitungannya yang dapat di pantau secara realtime sehingga proses pemilihan bisa diselesaikan lebih cepat. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu metode penelitian action research dengan pendekatan kualitatif serta pengembangan sistem yang digunakan yaitu metode prototyping. Dalam pembuatan sistem ini menggunakan bahasa pemrograman Typescript, Javascript, Solidity, CSS serta menggunakan framework Next.JS 14 dan Hardhat yang dikemas dalam 1 bundle development kit Scaffold.eth. Hasil penelitian ini adalah sebuah sistem pemilihan elektronik berbasis web3 dan teknologi blockchain yang diharapkan dapat membantu mengelola proses pemilihan serta penghitungan suara secara realtime di GKPS Cililitan.
This paper outlines the architecture and methodological foundations of the BeTrueCore modular system, built upon the "Web3 Intuitive Symmetry Methodology" v1.2. Aaddress the critical challenges of destructive sociotechnical pressure, preference falsification, and enforced informational atomization inherent in modern centralized digital ecosystems. This paper is dedicated to the operationalization and mathematical description of the BeTrueCore modular system’s dynamic engine. The article bridges the traditional "verification gap" between abstract ethical-philosophical concepts and their rigorous software implementation. It deploys the concept of a fractal "Build → Measure → Learn" feedback loop, where participants' individual intuitive impulses (the Pulse) are converted into semantic vectors and weighted by the AI-Metronome. Particular attention is paid to the stochastic transition mechanism—the "White Feather Jump"—modeled via the Wiener differential equation as a method for extricating the collective intelligence from algorithmic deadlocks. The study thoroughly examines 9 key sociotechnical risks (including the Dunning-Kruger, Timur Kuran, and Paulo Freire phenomena) and provides systemic responses from the platform modules, secured by ZK-cryptography and Lit Protocol. The paper verifies BeTrueCore as a resilient tool for measuring and Bayesian updating of collective consensus under conditions of inherent systemic noise. The architecture executes a dialectical inversion: transforming isolation from an instrument of suppression into a protective 'digital citadel,' restoring the user’s absolute autonomy over their time and choices under the principle: 'My identity is my castle.' The study formalizes the 'Centaur' hybrid decision-making model. The study formalizes the "Centaur" hybrid decision-making model, where the synergy between non-linear human intuitive potential (Pulse) and AI computational efficiency (Metronom) is mathematically defined through a utility maximization function that accounts for systemic risks and machine ethics. Rather than suppressing the chaotic incoming entropy of the human factor, the algorithmic core converts it into stochastic resonance, enabling the system to escape local minima and converge on global maxima of truth.
The Internet is undergoing constant transformation, driven by emerging paradigms such as Web3 and Artificial Intelligence. Despite these developments, the secure operation of Internet services remains a fundamental prerequisite for ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
This article aims to examine how the metaverse is reshaping business and management by providing a review of existing literature, identifying critical research gaps, and proposing a novel conceptual framework—the Metaverse Ecosystem Model—that integrates technological, human, and sustainability dimensions with strategic business outcomes in the Web3 era. The article will embrace a conceptual knowledge and literature review that articulates conceptual underpinnings, marketing and consumer behaviour, sectoral uses, and sustainability/workforce/boundaryless futures. This was synthesised directly into the creation of the Metaverse Ecosystem Model that connects three pillars (technological infrastructure, workforce skills, and energy and sustainability) to the business opportunities, challenges, and quantifiable results. The review shows that, although the metaverse can be used to conduct immersive marketing, operational efficiency via digital twins, sustainable industrial use, and inclusive development in emerging economies, the studies are disjointed and siloed. Among the critical areas of gaps, there are the lack of integrated frameworks between the foundational enablers and outcomes and the scarcity of empirical focus on long-term sustainability and workforce readiness. The suggested Metaverse Ecosystem Model fills these gaps by showing causal relationships between the three pillars via opportunities and constraints to innovation, new business models, and high customer engagement. It represents the first comprehensive framework of the ecosystem, specific to business and management, which provides managers and policymakers with a useful roadmap to responsible adoption.
Cet article présente les résultats d’une enquête auprès des « petites mains » de l’Internet des blockchains . Il analyse les paradoxes d’un discours alliant esprit communautaire et individualisme forcené, promotion de la décentralisation et collaboration croissante avec les géants technologiques. Se présentant comme apolitiques et pragmatiques, ces acteurs participent à une marchandisation du réel où tout devient opportunité d’investissement. Malgré ses prétentions disruptives, leur vision techno-solutionniste contribue à renforcer le capitalisme existant et une oligarchie technologique dont la position repose sur la défense de la propriété et des inégalités.
The rapid expansion of decentralized financial applications has increased the importance of understanding user trust in crypto wallet platforms. This study examines trust expressions in multilingual Phantom Wallet reviews using a hybrid classification framework that integrates BERT-based contextual embeddings with an XGBoost model. A total of 12,422 English and Indonesian reviews were collected and processed to construct a multilingual dataset for trust analysis. Exploratory findings reveal a highly polarized distribution of user ratings, indicating that trust in crypto wallets is strongly influenced by clear satisfaction or dissatisfaction rather than moderate evaluations. Cross-linguistic analysis indicates that Indonesian users express a higher proportion of low-trust reviews compared to English users, suggesting greater sensitivity to transaction errors and perceived asset safety concerns. Lexical patterns demonstrate that positive trust is associated with usability and performance stability, while negative trust is primarily driven by system failures, delays, and missing balance incidents. The results confirm that the BERT–XGBoost hybrid model is well-suited for decoding trust-related signals by combining contextual semantic understanding with structured metadata. This study contributes to the broader discourse on digital trust within Web3 environments by demonstrating an effective multilingual machine learning approach for analysing user perceptions in decentralized financial technologies.
Editorial: Governance as a Problem of Collective DecisionBy Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Cid, The PhilosopherGovernance, in its essence, is the art of answering an unavoidable question: how do we decide together? From tribal councils to modern corporations, from cooperatives to DAOs and artistic communities, the challenge repeats itself. And at the heart of this question lies a mechanism that is deceptively simple yet philosophically treacherous: the vote. Which voting system is the fairest? Arrow’s impossibility theorem taught us that there is no universal answer. Every context — its size, its urgency, its level of trust among participants — demands a specific institutional design. This dossier does not offer ready‑made formulas. Instead, it maps how different agents and sectors are confronting this problem. VAN Ameneyro, in their conversation with One Love DAO, shows us how governance becomes a “necessary evil” in the world of digital art. The promise of horizontality runs up against concrete questions: who gets a seat at the table? Who is still left out? The answer, for VAN, lies in transparency, real participation, and the construction of institutional memory — something fragile in the volatile environment of Web3 platforms. Fer Caggiano delivers an incisive diagnosis: power has not disappeared with decentralisation. It has merely moved — from institutions and curators to wallets and tokens. Community curation, in practice, often reproduces plutocracy. Their article forces us to ask: before voting, who defines what can be voted on? Governance begins with visibility. Steve Coulter (aka 45renegade) offers an unexpected interpretative key: punk as an operating system. Before lean startup, before bootstrapping, before the creator economy, punk already practised independent production, direct distribution, and community building as survival strategies. His text reminds us that governance is not only about formal rules and votes. It is also about ethics, refusal, and the courage to build without asking for permission. Vessy Mink appears twice in this issue, each time with a different governance experiment. In Governing the Sound, she presents Optimus Goddess, a licensing model where the artist retains full publishing rights and curation is replaced by equitable partnerships — an attempt to rewrite the rules of a historically extractive industry. In Music Train S9 E1‑6, co‑created with BK Han, she documents a live, collaborative song‑minting project. The audience does not merely listen; it participates in real‑time creation, turning musical production into a participatory governance performance. Here, the very act of making music becomes a collective decision process. Vitor Emanuel Gripp, writing from inside Token Nation, shows how a technology event can become a living laboratory for governance. By bringing together academics such as Maria Goreti (Fiocruz), Carlos Frederico (UFOP/KryptoLab) and Rodrigo Cid (UFOP/GIFLABS), Token Nation does not merely discuss decentralisation — it practises it, in the curation of its stages, the selection of its projects, and the constant negotiation between efficiency and participation. His account, grounded in his own journey from exhibiting artist to community manager, reminds us that governance is not an abstract protocol but a daily, messy, collective achievement. Rodrigo Cid, in Voting or Governing, returns to the philosophical bedrock of the problem. He reminds us that Arrow’s theorem is not a mathematical curiosity but a structural warning: no voting system is neutral. By applying this lesson to blockchain, his article demonstrates that digital governance does not escape the aporias of collective choice — it merely translates them into code. He also develops the problem of many hands and the fragility of institutional memory in decentralised systems, connecting directly with the questions raised by VAN Ameneyro and Fer Caggiano. Felipe Farinha, from the University of Saint Joseph in Macau, brings a comparative perspective. In Direct Democracy in the Age of the Extended Mind, he examines how different jurisdictions and cultural contexts shape the possibility of legitimate digital governance. His reflection on personal exocortices — AI assistants that extend a citizen’s cognitive capacity — asks whether direct democracy might finally become feasible at scale, provided we solve the problems of authenticity, manipulation, privacy, and civic deskilling. The exocortex, for Farinha, is not a substitute for democratic agency but a prosthesis for it. Daniel Gomides, from the Federal University of Ouro Preto, revisits Rousseau’s First Discourse in Scientific Progress and Moral Progress. He argues that technical sophistication does not guarantee ethical advancement. His analysis of AI, hunger, and climate agreements shows that the gap between what we can do and what we should do remains as wide as ever — a sobering reminder that governance cannot be reduced to algorithmic efficiency. Rousseau’s warning, written in 1750, still echoes today: science may teach us how to build better tools, but it does not teach us how to be better humans. Rafaela Ferrari Kley, from Degenerados Club, takes a complementary path in The Logic of Irrationality. Diagnosing a civilisation that has never been so technologically advanced yet remains emotionally manipulable, she recalls that Aristotle’s logic was a civilising attempt to contain collective hysteria. Today’s algorithms, however, are optimised for engagement, not truth. Her reflection forces us to ask whether governance can ever be purely rational, or whether it must always wrestle with the irrational architectures of attention, fear, and belonging. The question she leaves us with is disarmingly simple and profoundly uncomfortable: are we seeking to understand reality, or merely constructing emotionally bearable versions of it? Finally, this issue closes with a special launch. Rodrigo Cid’s The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (co‑authored with Pedro Luiz Caetano Filho) is not merely reviewed here; it is treated as a governance artifact. Its systematic collaboration with AI systems, its transparent use of the CRediT‑IA framework, and its rigorous discussion of Arrow’s theorem, opacity, bias, and responsibility provide a conceptual toolkit for exactly the questions this magazine raises. The book is available for free download (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20143966), and we invite our readers to read it alongside the articles in this issue. At the end of this volume, we hope that the reader will not find definitive answers. Instead, find a richer repertoire of questions. About who votes, about who decides what is put to a vote, about how we move from paper to action. About whether code can ever fully replace trust, and whether we would want it to. About what the classroom, the punk venue, the music studio, the DAO, the tokenised event, and the blockchain have in common: all are arenas where the same question echoes, again and again — how shall we decide together? Enjoy the reading. Prof. Dr. Rodrigo CidThe Philosopher(GIFLABS / Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto)
Guilherme Martins Soares, João L. D. S. Filho, Nicholas P. Fontanini, Bruno Evaristo
Contratos inteligentes gerenciam ativos digitais de alto valor, mas falhas de segurança frequentemente causam perdas financeiras irreversíveis. Embora existam diversas ferramentas de auditoria automatizada, seu uso isolado gera altas taxas de falsos positivos e falsos negativos. Este trabalho propõe e avalia um framework unificado para auditoria de contratos inteligentes em Solidity, orquestrando análise estática (Slither), execução simbólica (Mythril) e testes dinâmicos (Foundry). A arquitetura unifica os resultados heterogêneos utilizando o padrão SARIF e aplica um Modelo de Linguagem de Grande Escala (LLM) para traduzir logs brutos em relatórios contextuais explicáveis. Avaliado em um dataset curado de 53 contratos do repositório SmartBugs, o framework alcançou um F1-Score de 92,93%, superando substancialmente o desempenho isolado do Slither (72,28%) e do Mythril (88,42%). Os resultados demonstram que a orquestração híbrida mitiga as limitações estruturais de cada motor, reduz a carga cognitiva do auditor e consolida-se como uma plataforma robusta e eficaz para o desenvolvimento seguro no ecossistema Web3.
Abstract Web3 governance systems have expanded the visibility of institutional processes through on-chain records of votes, proposals, and token balances. Yet the availability of governance data does not necessarily ensure that governance structure or decision dynamics remain interpretable. This paper introduces governance observability as a distinct analytical layer within Web3 systems — concerned not with data availability, but with the capacity to relate observable governance activity to the institutional structures and processes that give it meaning. Building upon previous work on VCS governance geometry, the paper defines governance observability through two complementary dimensions: structural observability, which concerns the visibility of governance configuration and role relationships; and flow observability, which concerns the traceability of decision processes as they move through governance structures over time. Together, these dimensions provide a framework through which governance systems may be examined as both structural and dynamic phenomena. The paper further introduces structural invariants as continuity conditions supporting coherent interpretation of governance structure across institutional change, and flow concentration detection as a means of examining how operational patterns may gradually shape the exercise of authority differently from formal governance design. Web3 infrastructure is examined as an enabling environment for such observability, while remaining distinct from the interpretive frameworks through which governance conditions become institutionally meaningful. Governance observability is throughout distinguished from governance automation. The framework does not prescribe intervention or establish universal governance standards. Rather, it proposes that governance systems may benefit from maintaining the capacity to sense and interpret their own structural and operational conditions as governance evolves — contributing an interpretive layer that supports institutional discernment without replacing institutional judgment. Keywords: Web3 governance, governance observability, structural audit, flow observability, VCS governance geometry, institutional design, decentralized governance
This conceptual paper explores the profound impact and pivotal role of information systems (IS) within the rapidly evolving landscape of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Emerging from the advancements in blockchain technology, DeFi represents a paradigm shift in financial management, offering an ecosystem that is more inclusive, transparent, and efficient by removing centralized intermediaries through smart contracts. This paper analyzes how IS principles are fundamental to the design, management, and security of DeFi protocols, contrasting them with traditional financial systems. It delves into core DeFi applications such as Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs), lending/borrowing protocols, stablecoins, and yield farming, emphasizing their underlying IS architectures and the challenges related to user experience (UX/UI). Furthermore, the paper discusses critical IS aspects in DeFi, including security management, automation via smart contracts, blockchain-based analytics for risk management and anomaly detection, and the unique governance mechanisms through Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). Finally, it outlines the future trajectory of DeFi, considering its integration with emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Web3, and its evolving relationship with global financial systems and regulations. This work contributes to understanding the complex interplay between technology and finance, highlighting how robust information systems are indispensable for DeFi's sustained growth and its potential to reshape the digital financial ecosystem.
In approximately the year 2000, the author conceived and partially implemented a multi-layered community economic system centered on Shibuya, Tokyo. The system integrated real-time human broadcasting, local media production, a unified community coupon currency, youth-driven cultural monitoring, and digital education — years before the terminology of "DAO," "Web3," "UGC," or "creator economy" existed. This paper documents that original conception, analyzes its structural architecture, and demonstrates its direct lineage to the author's current work: the Hikari Currency (光貨) ecosystem and the ECHO AI Artist platform. The Shibuya system was not understood by contemporaries. It is understood now.
The shared mission of this HIPI-2 Initiative is to incentivise mass participation and financing of urban forest regeneration in Melbourne and across Victoria. To achieve this, the initiative built and tested diversified methodologies, platforms, and systems of valuing urban forests which factor in a far greater range of qualitative and quantitative indicators than existing models which separate ‘natural’ and ‘social’ benefits. These include new models of decentralised investment and exchange through geo-locative and Web3 technologies, opening novel opportunities for diversified systems of value creation through and for Victoria’s urban forests. The initiative investigates how emerging technologies offer multiple possibilities for large-scale impact, including:· connecting Victorians to the diverse benefits of urban forests· incentivising Victorians to actively participate in urban regeneration and knowledge sharing· revitalising diverse cultural and historical relationships with urban forests· enabling new legal and economic status for Victoria’s urban forests· building transdisciplinary literacies and lifelong learning through Victoria’s urban forestsTo realise these possibilities, the initiative has established strong research and impact partnerships to investigate the benefits and capabilities of emerging eco-digital platforms to scale up urban greening across Victoria. This initiative bridges leading RMIT research on urban greening, digital economies, regenerative education, and social innovation to develop new pipelines for regenerating and revaluing urban forests at scale.
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
Данная работа посвящена комплексному анализу эволюции моделей управления цифровыми платформами и организациями в контексте перехода от Web2 к Web3 и формирования перспективной парадигмы управления пост-Web3. Подробно рассмотрены основные существующие модели управления, выявлены их сильные и слабые стороны. Проведён многокритериальный сравнительный анализ трех моделей (централизованной, ДАО и гибридной) по параметрам демократичности, экономической эффективности и устойчивости к рискам. Результаты анализа демонстрируют, что ни одна из «чистых» моделей управления не является универсально оптимальной. При этом наиболее сбалансированные результаты по всем группам критериев демонстрирует гибридная модель, что позволяет считать создание гибридных институтов, обеспечивающих баланс между децентрализацией, эффективностью и устойчивостью к манипуляциям, основой для формирования пост-Web3 архитектуры управления. Излагаются принципы построения пост-Web3 системы управления как адаптивной, многоуровневой системы, сочетающей операционное ядро, экспертные суб-ДАО и широкое сообщество. Ключевыми характеристиками пост-Web3 являются переход от количественного голосования токенами к управлению на основе репутации и вклада участников (меритократии), внедрение алгоритмической легитимности и интеграция искусственного интеллекта для поддержки принятия решений. This paper is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of management models for digital platforms and organizations in the context of the transition from Web2 to Web3 and the formation of a future post-Web3 management paradigm. The main existing management models are considered in detail, their strengths and weaknesses are identified. A multi-criteria comparative analysis of three models (centralized, DAO, and hybrid) is carried out in terms of democracy, economic efficiency, and risk tolerance. The results of the analysis demonstrate that none of the pure management models is universally optimal. At the same time, the hybrid model demonstrates the most balanced results in all groups of criteria, which makes it possible to consider the creation of hybrid institutions that ensure a balance between decentralization, efficiency and resistance to manipulation as the basis for the formation of a post-Web3 management architecture. The principles of building a post-Web3 management system as an adaptive, multi-level system combining an operational core, expert subdomains and a broad community are outlined. The key characteristics of post-Web3 are the transition from quantitative token voting to reputation-based management and participant contributions (meritocracy), the introduction of algorithmic legitimacy, and the integration of AI to support decision-making.
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Human Resources and Workforce
Regional Economic Development and Innovation
Digitalization and Economic Development in Agriculture
This paper presents a Web3-based healthcare system integrated with the Republic of Korea's MyHealthWay platform for secure and user-controlled management of personal health data. The system combines decentralized identifiers, smart contracts, distributed storage, and the HL7 FHIR standard to support decentralized authentication, access control, and interoperability. A conceptual demonstrator, HealthCube, validates feasibility by enabling privacy-preserving health data processing through computation on encrypted data without exposing original information.
У статті досліджено теоретико-методологічні засади формування інвестиційної привабливості блокчейн бізнес-моделей у межах платформної економіки. Проаналізовано трансформацію традиційних платформ у децентралізовані екосистеми (Web3) та здійснено типізацію моделей: інфраструктурних протоколів, DeFi-платформ, DAO та корпоративних рішень. Обґрунтовано систему факторів оцінювання, що включає економічні, технологічні, платформні, токеномічні та інституційні показники. Запропоновано інтегральну модель оцінки на основі адитивної згортки, яка дозволяє формалізувати процес прийняття інвестиційних рішень в умовах високої волатильності цифрового ринку. Доведено важливість мережевих ефектів та стійкості токеноміки для забезпечення довгострокової життєздатності проєктів. Результати дослідження мають практичне значення для венчурних інвесторів та розробників стратегій цифрової трансформації.
Penelitian ini berfokus pada pengembangan framework autentikasi tanpa kata sandi (passwordless) berbasis Web3 yang diimplementasikan pada platform mobile guna mengatasi kerentanan metode tradisional terhadap serangan phishing dan brute force. Framework yang diusulkan mengintegrasikan aplikasi mobile dengan backend Node.js/Express.js dan smart contract standar ERC-5192 pada jaringan Ethereum Sepolia Testnet sebagai representasi identitas digital Soulbound Tokens (SBT) yang permanen dan non-transferable. Demi menjaga privasi, sistem ini menerapkan teknologi Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) berbasis zk-SNARKs skema Groth16 menggunakan Circom dan SnarkJS yang dieksekusi di sisi klien (client-side browser) menggunakan WebAssembly (WASM), serta dipadukan dengan struktur data Merkle Tree tingkat kedalaman 20 dan mekanisme nullifier untuk mencegah replay attack. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan tingkat keberhasilan autentikasi mencapai 100% dari 50 kali percobaan. Pemindahan beban komputasi sirkuit ZKP (5.359 konstrain) ke sisi klien terbukti efisien dengan waktu eksekusi komputasi lokal jika diakumulasikan dari tahap awal koneksi wallet (0,8 detik), pembuatan witness (1,2 detik), pembuatan proof (4,8 detik), hingga verifikasi smart contract (210 ms), maka Total Authentication Time adalah sebesar 6,3 detik. Nilai ini membuktikan kelayakan framework ini sebagai solusi manajemen identitas yang aman, privat, dan responsif.
Dappfort is a blockchain-focused Web3 development company that helps businesses harness the power of decentralized technologies to build secure, scalable, and future-ready digital solutions. Headquartered in Madurai, India, with additional presence in London, Dappfort works across a broad range of industries — including finance, healthcare, gaming, retail, and supply chain — delivering tailored blockchain and Web3 applications to startups, enterprises, and global organizations. The company’s core services include the design and development of decentralized applications (DApps), crypto exchanges (centralized and decentralized), crypto wallets, NFT marketplaces, DeFi platforms, token creation, smart contract development, and enterprise Web3 integration. Dappfort also expands into related areas such as Web3 e-commerce, AI-powered blockchain solutions, and metaverse experiences, supporting clients from strategy and consulting through deployment and ongoing support. With expertise in major blockchain networks like Ethereum, Solana, Binance Smart Chain, and others, Dappfort positions itself as a full-stack partner for businesses aiming to enter or grow in the decentralized digital economy. While the company promotes a strong innovation- and security-oriented approach, external reviews on third-party platforms show mixed feedback from users about project delivery and quality.
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KEN-HyFi Operating System is a comprehensive architecture for the AI-powered digital economy, integrating hybrid finance, artificial intelligence, digital commerce, education, security, tokenized settlement, and business intelligence into a unified operational framework. The system is designed to bridge traditional and blockchain-based infrastructures while enabling intelligent automation, transparent governance, and scalable digital asset operations across public, private, and institutional environments. Education 3.0, AI and HyFi are the three pillars of the Kohenoor Ecosystem where Education is the enabler and this perhaps is the only way to transform the world into a more productive and future-embracing place. This document presents a defensive technical disclosure describing a Hybrid-Finance (HyFi) CeDeFi operational infrastructure developed by Kohenoor Technologies. The architecture integrates Education 3.0, Multilayered Hybrid Intelligence Engine and programmable decentralized settlement execution, supervised decision processes, structured governance control, and workforce operational enablement into a coordinated financial operating framework. The system is intended to enable organizations to operate blockchain-based financial processes as recurring business operations rather than isolated transactions. It defines coordinated operational layers consisting of settlement mapping, intelligence interpretation, supervised decision execution, and human operational readiness. The disclosure documents the research progression, implementation embodiments, architectural definitions and phase by phase auditing of the system and is published to establish publicly verifiable prior art. The referenced implementations illustrate functional embodiments and do not limit the architecture to any specific network, software platform, or digital asset. Also attached herewith is the executive overview of Kohenoor Ecosystem R&D, finalized after seven years of rigorous research, testing, and model refinement. Lead Researcher: Ahmad Bilal Khan, Founder of Kohenoor Technologies and principal architect of the KAI Alpha+ framework. Complete architecture of KEN-HyFi Operating System for the AI-powered digital economy.A unified hybrid-finance infrastructure connecting settlement, intelligence, token utility, automation, education, commerce, security, and Web3 development across the Kohenoor ecosystem. 12 Ecosystem Apps - High impact AI-driven workflows - HITL escalation - Training & capacity building for the new era (Latest state MD attached with timestamp) Lead Researcher: Ahmad Bilal Khan, Founder of Kohenoor Technologies and principal architect of the KEN-HYFI Alpha+ framework. ORCID Profile A cryptographic timestamp proof accompanies this publication to attest to the existence of the document at the time of disclosure. Explore Ecosystem Hub (Alpha+): kenhyfi.kohenoor.tech Permanent KENOS URL (Beta and Full) starting July 01, 2026: www.kohenoor.net KAI-Super Model gets ready for controlled Enterprise delivery after deep runtime testing on May 28, 2026. KAI starts delivering in controlled environment on the 01st day of June, 2026. There is currently no super agentic model orchestrating workflows across 12 ecosystem apps, equipped with 25 skills and performing 11 key roles. Innovation locked at Beta hardening phase II! # KAI Public Disclosure Presentation Contains the public disclosure presentation for Kohenoor AI (KAI), based on the architecture locked beta hardening backup. The presentation introduces KAI as a role governed multilayered intelligence runtime for institutional decision support. It summarizes the system architecture, model orchestration strategy, RAG and memory discipline, runtime intelligence layer, governance gates, HITL controls, deployment models, and technical review agenda. This document is intended for public, academic, technical, and institutional review purposes. Kohenoor (KEN) the native payments and settlement utility token of Kohenoor Ecosystem is now a part of the key instruments subject to public disclosure. Contract file is shared publicly. https://etherscan.io/token/0x5f602133653237f362eb69826ba8237f4f7ab0c3#code Legacy KEN (Testnet) burn register is publicly disclosed for information and verification. KEN Audit Summary added for public review: Kohenoor KEN Smart Contract Audit Update Kohenoor KEN has completed a full audit by Freshcoins, receiving an Excellent Trust Score of 90.83. In addition to the Freshcoins audit, independent security scans from GoPlus and CertiK Token Scan also show strong supporting results. GoPlus reports 0 risky items and 0 attention items, while CertiK Token Scan shows a score of 85.50, with key checks passed including no honeypot risk detected, no mintable function detected, 0% buy tax, 0% sell tax, no blacklist function, and no whitelist function. The repeated alert across some scanners relates mainly to holder concentration and ownership status. This is expected at the current stage because a major portion of KEN supply is locked, reserved, or allocated for ecosystem development, treasury, liquidity, migration, and phased distribution. Independent legal opinion supporting KEN’s utility-token classification assessment is also attached. Kohenoor Technologies remains committed to transparency, security, responsible disclosure, and continuous improvement of the KEN ecosystem. 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On-chain crowdsourcing leverages blockchain's decentralization, transparency, and tamper-resistance to build trustworthy and verifiable Web3 crowdsourced services. However, existing decentralized reputation frameworks do not reconcile anonymity, reputation binding, and scalability. This paper demonstrates how on-chain crowdsourcing can simultaneously achieve these requirements under a trust-minimized model. We introduce DARTIC, a decentralized, anonymous, and scalable reputation-driven framework for crowdsourcing. DARTIC presents a dual-ledger system that enables requesters and workers to use distinct pseudonyms across interactions, ensuring unlinkability while maintaining accountability. To mitigate Sybil and reputation-reset attacks, we employ zkSNARK-based set membership proofs, cryptographically binding all user pseudonyms to a single access token without revealing the linkage. For scalability, we investigate two aggregation techniques that compress multiple proofs into a single succinct proof to minimize verification overhead. In addition, we design an automated, privacy-preserving reputation model that dynamically evaluates contributions across diverse crowdsourcing contexts. To demonstrate practicality, we instantiate and assess DARTIC in both crowdsensing and federated learning scenarios. Experimental results show that (i) individual proof generation for token spending completes in less than 3s, (ii) aggregation reduces the verification time of 1024 proofs from 8.7s to 0.96s, and (iii) zk-batching lowers gas costs by more than 100x compared to a pure Layer-1 deployment. These results demonstrate that anonymity, robust reputation binding, and scalability can be jointly achieved in fully decentralized crowdsourcing systems.
The rapid adoption of Web3 infrastructures has led to a growing number of security incidents affecting cryptocurrency exchanges, custody services and blockchain-based platforms. While existing research predominantly focuses on vulnerabilities in smart contracts and blockchain protocols, a substantial portion of real-world losses originates from off-chain systems, organizational processes and human-centered operational workflows. This paper presents a qualitative, incident-based analysis of publicly documented, high-impact security breaches in the Web3 ecosystem, including the Bybit exchange incident (2025), the Ronin Network bridge compromise (2022), and the DMM Bitcoin exchange breach (2024). The selected cases are systematically analysed and mapped to established Web2 security reference frameworks, including OWASP-based vulnerability categories and organizational security control domains. The results indicate that dominant failure patterns in Web3 environments are insufficiently addressed by generic security control catalogues, particularly with respect to cryptographic key management, transaction approval governance, signer and validator infrastructure, third-party tooling dependencies, and human-in-the-loop processes. Based on these findings, this paper argues for the adoption of established information security management systems (ISMS) in Web3 organizations and derives a structured set of blockchain-specific cybersecurity control categories to operationalize existing ISMS frameworks for blockchain-based systems. The proposed categories aim to bridge the gap between generic security governance frameworks and domain-specific risks inherent to Web3 infrastructures.
Autonomous trading agents can read markets and place orders faster than humans can supervise them. On a permissionless exchange, the usual answer is to give the agent a signing key. That is a large amount of trust. Anything that can steer the agent's prompt, memory, or context can also steer how the key is used. Recent attacks on Web3 agents show that this is not a hypothetical risk. Checking every order on the settlement chain gives a public record, but it also puts block latency in the order path. A continuous limit-order book cannot spend that. Bounded Authority puts the authority check where the order enters the venue. The user's wallet registers a risk policy on the settlement chain and authorizes a short-lived public session key. Agents propose orders. The off-chain sequencer accepts an order only after it verifies the session-key signature and runs the policy before any exchange state changes. For every accepted order, the sequencer signs the order, sequence number, risk-input hash, policy transition, match event, and append-only log leaf. Epoch roots are posted to settlement. Watchers can then challenge unauthorized orders, bad risk inputs, broken reserve or margin transitions, equivocation, or invalid matching with Merkle proofs and replayed execution. This gives agents a permissionless analogue of direct-market-access risk control. If a prompt-injected or memory-poisoned agent produces an order outside the user's policy, the result is slashable evidence against the venue rather than loss against the user. We give the protocol, threat model, accountability arguments, Solidity gas measurements for settlement challenges, and AWS measurements for the execution path. On two c7i.metal-24xl hosts, the directly measured kernel-TCP path returns signed Ed25519 acknowledgements for accepted resting orders in 124.17 microseconds median and 128.34 microseconds p99. A bounded-HMAC variant reduces this to 105.31 microseconds median, but it needs delayed key disclosure, threshold ingress, or an equivalent origin-accountability assumption.
Abstract / Description Overview This section constitutes Chapter 13 (Addendum) of the overarching ontological framework addressing the biomechanical and bio-energetic dynamics of high-sensory human phenotypes under conditions of acute anthropogenic environmental forcing. Moving from the sterile, formal modeling established in the primary 48-page technical paper, this addendum presents a raw, real-time "Pressure-Tested Field Report" documenting the chronological, physiological, and systemic realities of individual and collective integration between 2019 and 2026. Core Theoretical Hypotheses The document formalizes several critical, high-friction observations regarding the interaction between exogenous technology grids and endogenous biological systems: The Chronological Desynchronization Anomaly: An analysis of the temporal gap between the early proliferation of the primary biological primer (Q4 2019) and the delayed activation of Standalone (SA) high-frequency millimeter-wave architectures (2023–2024). The report posits that this structural vacuum allowed specific high-gain, highly sensitive neural phenotypes ("Unique Unique" variants) to execute critical homeostatic and signal-recalibration protocols prior to complete network saturation. Four-Pronged Biological Impact Vectors: Technical descriptions of the systemic pressures exerted upon vulnerable biological interfaces, focusing specifically on: The permeability dynamics of the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB). The integrity and degradation vectors of neural myelin filtering mechanisms. Targeted epigenetic stress variations within deep DNA formatting sequences. The structural desynchronization of the electromagnetic heart-brain frequency loop. The Q2 2024 Phase-Shift Emergence: A retrospective documentation of a global, non-local resonance surge observed across decentralized high-sensory populations during the mid-2024 epoch. The field report analyzes how the metabolic energy previously expended on defensive homeostasis was rapidly converted into high-order cognitive and creative synthesis upon reaching systemic compression limits. Socio-Economic and Technical Context The report contextualizes these physiological phenomena within macro-economic trends, examining the correlation between massive pandemic-era global wealth transfers, legacy centralized institutional initiatives, and the rapid deployment of dense communications infrastructure. Crucially, the text defines this movement not as a reactive, anti-technological framework, but as a proactive evolutionary migration toward technical decentralization, individual cryptographic sovereignty, and high-integrity Web3 social systems. Significance By preserving the experiential raw narrative format alongside formal systemic mapping, this addendum acts as a critical bridge between subjective outlier data and objective infrastructural tracking, establishing a permanent, un-erasable record of human resilience and biological adaptation under extreme compression.