The Internet of Value

Protocol

Protocol Overview

The Internet of Value is the intellectual system stewarded by Internet of Value Research Foundation. Its protocol stack gives research, education, pilots, and tools a shared language for value.

Canonical Answer

The stack turns invisible inputs into shared public language.

The Internet of Value protocol stack has four Level 1 protocols in this order: ~ValueCaptureProtocol, ~WellbecomingProtocol, ~SAOcommons, and ~WellbeingIdentity.

The hierarchy is ~ for protocol, ~~ for node, ~~~ for facet, and ~~~~ for signal. These markers keep protocol identity consistent across teaching, research, and implementation.

The protocol language is maintained from the Foundation's specification work, so names, order, and relationships stay consistent over time.

Start with the stack cover page for the protocol vocabulary, then move into each layer for terms, nodes, facets, signals, examples, and data structure.

Canonical grammar

A human-readable protocol language.

A single tilde marks a protocol, double tilde marks a node, triple tilde marks a facet, and four tildes mark a signal.

Verify against the canonical Spec ↗
  1. ~ProtocolProtocolLevel 1 root
  2. ~~NodeNodeLevel 2 structure
  3. ~~~FacetFacetLevel 3 aspect
  4. ~~~~SignalSignalLevel 4 field

Protocol 1

~ValueCaptureProtocol

Captures time-bounded activity, proof, attribution, downstream routing, and integrity with durable event lineage.

~~TimeSlice~~Activity~~Proof~~Attribution~~Integrity

Protocol 2

~WellbecomingProtocol

Interprets captured activity through private human context and routes positive Performance outputs into community validation.

~~Physiology~~Emotion~~Feeling~~Thought~~Habit

Protocol 3

~SAOcommons

Sustainable Autonomous Organization Commons

Community validation, attestation, governance, and value interface across three primary lanes: learning, earning, and organization-building.

~~Learning~~Earning~~OrgBuilding

Protocol 4

~WellbeingIdentity

Consent-governed living identity whose calculated state and constituted Genesis Baseline are updated reversibly by validated protocol flows.

~~GivenIdentity~~EarnedIdentity~~RentedIdentity~~Skills~~MoralCompass

Protocol FAQ

Canonical questions, short answers.

What are the four Level 1 The Internet of Value protocols?

~ValueCaptureProtocol, ~WellbecomingProtocol, ~SAOcommons, ~WellbeingIdentity

What does the tilde hierarchy mean?

~ means protocol; ~~ means node; ~~~ means facet; ~~~~ means signal

What updates ~WellbeingIdentity?

~WellbeingIdentity is a living identity state updated by ~ValueCaptureProtocol, ~WellbecomingProtocol, and ~SAOcommons.

What does ~SAOcommons do?

~SAOcommons means Sustainable Autonomous Organization Commons. It is the protocol layer where communities define, validate, and coordinate shared value across Learning, Earning, and OrgBuilding.