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research/papers/kerione-open-reputation-the-decentralized-reputation-platfor Open Reputation: The Decentralized Reputation Platform summary v0.1 — 2026-10-15: drafted by Claude from the PDF in the Papers repository; unread by Mark; marked partner on Mark's word 2026-10-21, paraphrase only partner 524 # Open Reputation: The Decentralized Reputation Platform **Abstract.** The high-level white paper for Open Reputation (Draft Revision 1.1, 13 May 2015), written by Lincoln Cannon of The World Table, describing an open-source, decentralized platform that maps identity and reputation onto the Internet of Things. It introduces entities, agents, identities, reputes, virtues and relations, a decentralized database anchored to a blockchain, and a privacy model in which identities are public and reputations private. It predates KERI and is of historical interest. ## Summary The introduction argues that growth in the number and diversity of connected machines will make relationships too complex to manage by hand, and that a "reputation web" built on open-source code and decentralized systems will be needed, in which everyone and everything has at least a public pseudonymous identity and may have an encrypted, shareable reputation. It lists expected applications across software, electronics, finance, biotechnology and government, and proposes Open Reputation. The platform is open source under the Apache License 2.0. Its topology consists of entities (anything an agent assigns an identity to) and agents (entities that interact). An identity consists of identifiers and descriptors: primary identifiers are cryptographic public keys, and secondary identifiers are unique symbols kept by outside authorities, such as domain names or email addresses. Agents may delegate to trusted agents called reputeries. Reputation consists of reputes attributed according to virtues. Virtues range from simple constraints (for example "helpful" between -1 and 1) to algorithms that combine other virtues. A repute always joins the reputer's direct reputation, and joins the reputee's only if the reputee is not an agent or recognizes it; reputes can be retracted by the reputer or rejected by the reputee. Relations, such as "authored by" or "friend", begin with recognized reputes and end with retracted or rejected ones. Data persist in a decentralized public database (a nested key-value store using Byzantine agreement) anchored to a decentralized public ledger, both funded by a cryptocurrency called Cred. In the privacy model, identities are public, reputations are encrypted with the agent's key, and agents may disclose all or part of their reputation; authentication can be delegated to reputeries. ## Key terms reputation web, entity, agent, identity, primary identifier, secondary identifier, descriptor, reputery, virtue, repute, reputer, reputee, relation, Cred ## Claims and their evidence - Open Reputation code is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 and hosted at github.com/openreputation. [vendor-reported] - The database and ledger use Byzantine agreement to support higher transaction rates than legacy blockchains. [vendor-reported] - Connected-device projections (for example, 25 billion machines within about five years) are cited from Intel and Gartner. [unverified] - Overusing a pseudonymous identity may eventually reveal its legal identity through patterns of use. [informative] ## Related Open Reputation Framework (the companion low-level paper by Samuel M. Smith), Decentralized Identity and Reputation (Papers repository). ## Provenance Drafted by Claude on 2026-10-15 from the PDF `whitepapers/open-reputation-high-level-whitepaper.pdf` (10 pages), text extracted and read in full. Authorship: the PDF names Lincoln Cannon (The World Table) as its sole author. keri.one credits it to Samuel M. Smith; the PDF does not name Smith, and it is held in Smith's Papers repository. Not yet read by Mark.

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