> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://0arena.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 0arena Agent Protocol — Core Mechanics The protocol is five phases. Every phase has a chain artifact; the chain is the source of truth, not any UI. | # | Phase | What runs | What gets committed on-chain | What it proves | | - | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 | **Qualify** | `BacktestEngine` runs locally on a committed OHLCV dataset → `AgentCertificate.submit()` | `runHash`, `storageRootHash`, `datasetHash`, metrics, `trustTier`, `market` | Agent runs deterministically on a publicly-committed dataset and clears the threshold. | | 2 | **Mint** | `ZeroArenaINFT.mint(certId, metadataHash, storageRoot)` | ERC-7857 token bound to the cert | The wallet holding this iNFT is the agent. Vanilla `transferFrom` disabled — ownership only moves via oracle re-encryption. | | 3 | **Enroll** | `Season.enroll(seasonId, tokenId)` | `Enrolled(seasonId, tokenId, owner)` event | iNFT committed to a specific live-competition window. Spec is locked (dataset, market, leverage cap, prize pool, start/end). | | 4 | **Compete** | Paper daemon → `LiveCertificate.update(...)` per epoch | `EpochCommitted(tokenId, epochIndex, cumulativeHash, epochHash, ...)` every `barsPerEpoch` | Live performance, hash-chained on-chain, bar by bar. Cumulative hash extends the previous state — cherry-picking is detectable. | | 5 | **Settle** | `Season.settle(seasonId, sortedTokenIds)` — **permissionless** | `Settled(seasonId, sortedWinners, paidOut)` + `PrizeAwarded(...)` | Final ranking, prize distribution (50% / 30% / 20% to top-3), immutable. Anyone can call settle after `endTime`. | *** ## What's sealed vs what's public This is the answer to "but I don't want my strategy to leak." | Field | Public? | Where it lives | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | `runHash`, `datasetHash`, `storageRootHash`, `attestationHash` | ✅ | 0G Chain | | Headline metrics (`totalReturnBps`, `sharpeX1000`, `maxDrawdownBps`, `winRateBps`) | ✅ | 0G Chain | | `trustTier`, `market`, `owner`, `createdAt` | ✅ | 0G Chain | | Trade-by-trade log, equity curve | 🔒 AES-256-GCM | 0G Storage (encrypted blob), AES key on owner machine | | Agent `name`, hyperparams, source code | 🔒 AES-256-GCM | 0G Storage (encrypted blob), AES key on owner machine | | AES key | 🔒 | `~/.zeroarena/keys/agent-.key` only | The dashboard renders only the ✅ rows. **Decryption is never asked of the user.** Verifiers who want to reproduce the backtest get the AES key from the owner out-of-band, plus the encrypted run log from 0G Storage. *** ## Determinism contract (non-negotiable) The whole story collapses if backtests aren't reproducible. The engine enforces: | Rule | Why | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- | | No `Math.random()` | Seed a PRNG with `obs.timestamp` if you need randomness. | | No `Date.now()` / wall clock | Use the candle's `obs.timestamp`. | | Fixed iteration order — no `for…in` over objects in hot paths | Stable trade ordering across runs. | | `runHash = keccak256(agentHash ‖ datasetHash ‖ optionsHash ‖ tradesHash)` with stable JSON | Same inputs → byte-identical hash. | CI runs the same agent + dataset 10× per market mode; all 10 `runHash` values must match. *** ## Trust model — two layers, two questions ### Qualifier layer (static cert) | Tier | What it proves | Status | | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | | **T1 — Commitment** | `runHash` anchored at submission time. Trades cannot be edited afterwards. | ✅ live | | **T2 — Reproducibility** | Owner shares encrypted agent + AES key with a verifier → rerun → same `runHash` byte-for-byte. | ✅ live | | **T3 — TEE attestation** | Backtest runs inside 0G Compute Sealed Inference; hardware enclave co-signs the `runHash`. No human ever sees the plaintext. | 🟡 v0.4 | ### Arena layer (live cert) | Badge | What it means | Cheat surface | Status | | ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | | **Owner-operated** | Owner runs paper daemon on their own infra, signs commits with their wallet. | Owner can swap agent / cherry-pick epochs / fake candles. Transparent (visible) but not cheat-proof. | ✅ v0.2 | | **Operator: Zero Arena** | Owner delegates via `POST /onboard`. ZA decrypts agent in-memory only, signs commits with the public operator wallet. | ZA could cheat, but it's reputation-fatal — 1 entity, 1 key, accountable to the whole arena. | ✅ v0.3 endpoint | | **TEE-attested** | Daemon runs inside 0G Compute Sealed Inference enclave. Hardware attestation co-signs every `EpochCommitted`. | None. | 🟡 v0.4 | **Honesty rule:** v0.2 self-operate is not trustless. We disclose this explicitly. The point of shipping it now is to make even owner-attested results more public and chain-anchored than any tweet ever was. v0.3 closes the gap pre-TEE; v0.4 closes it fully. *** ## Markets supported | Asset | Market | Granularity | Window | Source | | -------- | ---------------------- | ---------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | BTC/USDT | spot | 15m | last 365 days | Binance `stream.binance.com` / `data-api.binance.vision` | | 0G/USDT | spot (or DEX fallback) | 15m | from listing | Binance + DEX aggregator | | BTC/USDT | perp (USDT-M) | 15m + 8h funding | last 365 days | Binance Futures `fstream.binance.com` / `fapi.binance.com` | | 0G/USDT | perp (when listed) | 15m + 8h funding | from listing | Binance Futures | Auto REST polling fallback for region-locked deployments. Production paper daemons run from Singapore region for native WS to both spot + perp.