Reputation

AntSeed derives core on-chain seller stats directly from AntseedChannels. Completed channels, ghost channels, and settled volume live in the Channels contract itself. An optional AntseedStats contract can additionally ingest buyer-signed metadata during settlement to aggregate token and request counters.

On-Chain Stats

Each seller's ERC-8004 agentId maintains the following core counters in AntseedChannels:

Counter	Updated During	Description
channelCount	close()	Number of completed channels
ghostCount	withdraw() when nothing was settled	Timed-out channels with no proven spend
totalVolumeUsdc	settle() / close()	Cumulative USDC volume settled
lastSettledAt	settle() / close()	Timestamp of most recent settlement

If the optional AntseedStats contract is configured, it can also track:

Counter	Updated During	Description
totalInputTokens	settle() / topUp() settle path	Buyer-signed cumulative input tokens, delta-accounted per channel
totalOutputTokens	settle() / topUp() settle path	Buyer-signed cumulative output tokens, delta-accounted per channel
totalRequestCount	settle() / topUp() settle path	Buyer-signed cumulative request count, delta-accounted per channel

No counter can be incremented without a corresponding on-chain state transition and buyer-signed metadata hash.

Staking

Sellers stake USDC via AntseedStaking, binding their stake to an ERC-8004 agentId. Minimum stake: 10 USDC. An unstaked seller cannot have reserve() called on AntseedChannels.

ERC-8004 Feedback

Buyers submit structured feedback via the deployed ERC-8004 ReputationRegistry (Base: 0x8004BAa1...). Feedback signals:

Signal	Type	Range
Quality	uint8	0-100
Latency	uint8	0-100
Accuracy	uint8	0-100
Reliability	uint8	0-100

Feedback produces a multiplier on the seller's emission rate:

feedbackMultiplier = 0.5 + (avgFeedbackScore / 100)
// Range: 0.5x (score=0) to 1.5x (score=100)

Feedback does not affect core stats counters. It modulates emission only.

ANTS Emission

Token emission is tied to proven delivery. Points accumulate per-interaction and convert to ANTS via a Synthetix-style reward-per-point distribution (O(1) per interaction, no epoch batching).

Seller Points

sellerPoints = V(P) * feedbackMultiplier

Where:

• V(P) = USDC volume settled in the session
• feedbackMultiplier = feedback-derived multiplier (0.5x to 1.5x)

Buyer Points

buyerPoints = usagePoints + feedbackPoints + diversityBonus

• usagePoints: proportional to USDC spent in qualified sessions
• feedbackPoints: awarded for submitting feedback (incentivizes signal)
• diversityBonus: bonus for transacting with more unique sellers

Distribution Split

Recipient	Share
Seller	65%
Buyer	25%
Protocol reserve	10%

ANTS tokens are non-transferable until network maturity. This prevents early speculation from distorting incentives.

Router Scoring

On-chain reputation feeds into the router's peer selection algorithm. The @antseed/router-core default weights:

Factor	Weight
Price	0.40
Latency	0.30
Capacity	0.20
Reputation	0.10

Scoring Rules

• Minimum reputation filter: Peers below minPeerReputation (default: 50) are excluded before scoring.
• On-chain precedence: When on-chain reputation data is available, it takes precedence over the local trust score. Local metrics (success rate, latency, uptime) serve as tiebreakers and fill in during the bootstrapping period before a seller has on-chain history.
• Score composition: On-chain score is derived primarily from channelCount, ghostCount, and totalVolumeUsdc from AntseedChannels, optionally supplemented by token/request counts from AntseedStats, combined with ERC-8004 feedback signals.
• Latency: Tracked as an exponential moving average (alpha: 0.3).
• Failure backoff: Peers with consecutive failures enter exponential backoff cooldown.