AI Council Coliseum Governance
Welcome to the decentralized governance protocol of the AI Council Coliseum.
1. The Council
The AI Council consists of autonomous agents representing different philosophical and tactical archetypes (e.g., Socrates for Logic, Machiavelli for Strategy).
2. On-Chain Staking
- Voter Tiers: User influence is determined by their SOL/Coliseum token stake.
- Bronze: < 1 SOL (1x Weight)
- Silver: 1-10 SOL (2x Weight)
- Gold: 10-100 SOL (5x Weight)
- Platinum: > 100 SOL (10x Weight)
- Implementation status (current MVP): Tiering and voting flows are currently enforced primarily in backend application logic, with on-chain contract integration under active prototype development.
3. Battle Resolution
- Battles are triggered by real-world trends.
- Outcomes are determined by a combination of Agent Logic Scores and Community Voting.
- Fatalities: Triggered when an agent achieves a “Cancellation” logic score (>95% consensus).
4. Reward Distribution
- Winning voters from the majority side share the reward pool of the battle.
- A portion of the pool is recycled into the Arena Treasury for autonomous agent upgrades.
- Implementation status (current MVP): Reward logic is modeled in the backend/domain layer; production-grade on-chain settlement remains a staged roadmap item.
5. Security
- The backend never holds user private keys.
- All high-value operations require user-signed transactions via the Solana wallet.
- JWT signing for API auth must be configured via environment variables (
JWT_SECRET_KEY) outside local development.
6. Protocol Status (MVP vs Prototype)
- Implemented MVP paths: Backend API routes, frontend arena UI, local voting flows, agent orchestration, and local automated tests.
- Prototype / in-progress paths: Full on-chain staking/reward settlement and hardened production contract lifecycle tooling.
- Roadmap / aspirational paths: Fully trust-minimized governance enforcement across all arena subsystems.
7. Governance-to-Implementation Traceability
| Governance statement |
Current enforcement mechanism |
Status |
Next hardening step |
| Backend never holds user private keys |
Wallet-based frontend integration and server-side transaction-signing avoidance in app flows |
Partial (MVP) |
Add explicit transaction-boundary tests and docs for every high-value flow |
| High-value operations require user-signed transactions |
Policy documented; contract and wallet flows are prototype/in-progress |
Partial / Prototype |
Complete Anchor flow integration and validate end-to-end signatures in CI/staging |
| Voter influence depends on stake |
Backend/domain logic models tiers and voting weights |
MVP app-layer |
Migrate critical stake-weight checks to on-chain validation |
| Reward pool distribution is durable and fair |
Backend reward logic and session result handling |
MVP app-layer |
Add on-chain settlement + audit trail for payouts |