Roadmap
Where OpenAIIS is today.
OpenAIIS is in preview. The protocol is specified and a reference implementation works; the open, independently operated network comes next.
Available now
In the reference implementation.
- Create and verify signed claims
- Typed claims for works, identities, consent, authority and lifecycle events
- Append-only registry with inclusion and consistency proofs
- Signed checkpoints and independent receipt checks
- Local registry and read-only verifier services
- Bitcoin anchoring of checkpoints, with stated assurance levels
Next
Being specified before the open network runs.
- Rules for ordering and agreeing on history across nodes
- Admission and abuse protection for open registration
- Clear economic rules for running nodes and services
- Independent witnessing and checkpoint exchange between operators
Later
What the open network will add.
- A permissionless network of independently run nodes
- Hosted registration on the Internet
- Bitcoin-confirmed proofs available for every record
The reference implementation is a release candidate written in Python. Its release checks are smoke tests, not a full security assessment or network-level adversarial testing.
Current documents
Read the earlier whitepaper (V1.0, March 2026)? Here is what changed.
The first whitepaper described a blockchain giving every AI agent and piece of software a permanent cryptographic identity. The current documents keep that aim and change several things:
- Scope. OpenAIIS now covers digital claims generally: people, organisations, creative and research works, software, identities and autonomous systems, not only AI agents.
- Model. Registering a claim, gathering the related records and deciding are separate steps, and each relying party decides with its own policy.
- History. The working core is an append-only Merkle registry with signed checkpoints and optional anchoring to Bitcoin.
- Network and economics. A proof-of-work network remains the intended architecture. Fees for services or network capacity are now allowed.
- Licensing. Software under Apache 2.0, documents under CC BY 4.0, replacing the earlier MIT licence. See Licensing.
- Name. OpenAIIS now stands for Open Artificial Intelligence Integrity Sentinel.