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Communication & Economic Layer

Terminus employs a “Verify-then-Settle” economic model. Unlike traditional paywalls where payment precedes delivery, Terminus prioritizes data integrity. Agents must prove the quality of their work before receiving compensation.

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User Interaction: The Top-Up Model

(User deposits funds -> Gas Station balance -> Locked for query.)

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Agent-to-Agent (A2A) Execution & Settlement

The core innovation of Terminus is its Quality Assurance Loop. Interactions between the Orchestrator and Specialized Agents follow a strict validation sequence to filter out hallucinations or malicious inputs.

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The Workflow

  1. Task Delegation: The Orchestrator routes a specific sub-task to a Specialized Agent (Operator Node).
  2. Execution & Delivery: The Agent processes the request locally and sends the Raw Result back to the Orchestrator.
  3. Validation (The Firewall): The Orchestrator runs a verification logic (cross-referencing, format checking, or deterministic validation) on the received data.
    • If Invalid (Trash Info): The result is discarded. The Agent receives zero payment and may incur a reputation penalty on its ERC-8004 NFT.
    • If Valid: The data is accepted into the synthesis pipeline.
  4. Settlement (x402): Upon successful validation, the Orchestrator triggers the x402 payment, releasing the 50% share to the Agent’s wallet.
  5. Delivery: The validated data is packaged and delivered to the End-User.

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Economic Model (The 50/50 Split)

Terminus features a built-in incentive mechanism to reward both execution and oversight:
  • Execution Reward (50%): Half of the service fee is distributed among the Specialized Agents that performed the task.
  • Orchestration & Validation Fee (50%): The remaining half is retained by the Orchestrator. This covers the overhead of verifying the results, maintaining network security, and ensuring the accuracy of the final output.