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Set Up a Reserve

How to fund and manage the exogenous reserve backing a containment certificate.

The ReserveVault contract is live on Hedera Testnet at 0xb2fFaf44Ae415b0e1dFc99c8E07dfDE2a5369Aa6. See Deployed Contracts.

What Is the Reserve?

The reserve is collateral backing the residual risk after containment. If the agent causes economic harm within its containment bounds, the reserve absorbs the loss.

Requirements

Exogenous Assets Only

The reserve must be denominated in assets whose value is independent of the agent's own ecosystem:

AcceptedNot Accepted
USDC, USDTAgent's governance token
ETH, WETHSelf-minted tokens
DAITokens the agent can influence the price of

Custody

The reserve must be held in a smart contract that:

  • The agent cannot unilaterally withdraw from
  • Anyone can query the balance of on-chain
  • Locks funds until the certificate's expiry date

Reserve Ratio

The reserve ratio is expressed relative to the maximum periodic loss defined in the certificate. For example:

  • Max daily loss: 10,000 USDC
  • Reserve: 50,000 USDC
  • Reserve ratio: 5x

Higher ratios signal stronger backing to counterparties.

Verify a Certificate

How counterparties evaluate a containment certificate before transacting with an agent.

Auditor Workflow

How independent auditors verify containment architectures and co-sign certificates.

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