What is AI Reputation Proof?

🧠 What is ARP?

AI Reputation Proof (ARP) is SocialBlock’s custom consensus mechanism designed for the next generation of decentralized, reputation-aware ecosystems. It replaces raw token-based power with a hybrid model that weights on-chain reputation, AI-evaluated behavior, and stake to determine validator eligibility, voting rights, and block production authority.

ARP makes SocialBlock the first blockchain where consensus is secured not just by capital — but by trust, contribution, and intelligent verification.

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🧩 Why ARP?

Traditional consensus mechanisms (PoW, PoS, DPoS) focus on resource control — electricity, tokens, or voting. But in social environments, trust is the resource.

ARP was developed to:

• Eliminate sybil attacks and stake-farming behaviors

• Prevent plutocracy in governance and validation

• Enable communities to earn consensus power through contribution

• Embed AI agents as neutral, adaptive judges of social signal quality

• Make SocialFi secure, dynamic, and equitable

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🧱 ARP Components

ARP is composed of five integrated layers, working together on-chain and off-chain:

[ Identity Layer ]
→ [ AI Agent Layer ]
→ [ Reputation Score System ]
→ [ Validator Engine ]
→ [ CometBFT + Block Proposal Logic ]