Hub/Semantic Delegation

Timeline

Themes & timeline

The event block by block, in the real order of the conversation.

Part 1Foundations & origin

  1. 1.Opening & introductions

    Horus opens, brings the speakers on stage and introduces the trio of organizations. Quick round of intros.

    • MetaMask, Intuition (core) and Intuition Box together
    • Front-end glitches inviting speakers
    • Everyone introduces themselves in 30 s
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  2. 2.Why delegation needs semantics

    Pivot question: why does delegated authority need semantic understanding from the knowledge graph?

    • Delegations = letting dApps/agents act on the user's behalf
    • The knowledge graph decides who and what is trustworthy
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  3. 3.Origin story of the Delegation Framework

    From Delegatable (Dan Finlay) to an audited framework, integrated in the wallet, then fully open-sourced.

    • 2020: Kames introduces Delegatable to Ryan
    • ETHDenver 2023: Dan Finlay's talk → the spark
    • Delegatable → audited Delegation Framework → 100% open-source
    McOso.ethkames

  4. 4.Object capabilities & caveat enforcers

    Technical deep dive: the signed-postcard metaphor, and the composable caveat enforcers.

    • Object capabilities (CS concept ~1970) → chain of trust
    • Caveat enforcers = contracts with before/after hooks, composable
    • E.g.: “100 USDC/day for 7 days” (ERC-20 + expiration)
    • Transitive delegation with attenuation; intent-based permissions; enforced simulations
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  5. 5.Viral growth loops

    Using delegations to reward usage and onboard friends, provable on-chain.

    • 5 deposits → 5 free deposits via caveat enforcer
    • Onboarding friends with a bounded deposit right + sponsor reward
    • Red Balloon Challenge (ECC Brussels): forced cooperation
    kames

  6. 6.Mission 13 introduced: caveat enforcer registry

    Who maintains the list of trustable/auditable enforcers? Intuition and community self-organization.

    • Idea born from a Zet × MetaMask discussion at ECC
    • MetaMask maintains a “bare bones” list
    • Intuition enables community curation via an ontology
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Part 2Governance, agents & missions

Resumption after the technical issue that cut off part 1.

  1. 7.Resumption after the issue

    The Space had crashed; Horus resumes in part 2. “The show goes on.”

    • ~3 min gap between the two parts
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  2. 8.Liquid democracy (missions 10 & 11)

    Going beyond plutocracy: liquid governance with delegation chains and contextualized voting.

    • Direct + delegative democracy, multi-level
    • Governance contracts stay simple; complexity in the framework
    • Voting contextualized by expertise (design → 3D re-delegated)
    • Delegation revocable by on-chain reputation
    Zet👁️

  3. 9.Fluid, reputation-based delegations

    Moving from literal delegations to generalized ones based on a reputation score.

    • “Interact with anything with a reputation > 90”
    • Intuition = a graph of reputation about everything
    • Unlocks AI agents acting over broad scopes, trustfully
    billΞ.eth

  4. 10.Sets of actors & attestations

    Expressing “any MetaMask team member” via on-chain attestations and trust anchors.

    • Centralized aggregator or decentralized attestation state
    • Permission = sets of actors × sets of actions
    billΞ.eth

  5. 11.Consumer use case: ticketing & agents

    Delegate a bounded budget to several competing agents to land a ticket, never overpaying.

    • High-demand concert/sports, sniping and resale
    • 3 agents + X402, you never pay more than delegated
    • Flip the wallet logic: the app requests, the user expresses
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  6. 12.AI agents & real-world finance

    Permission an agent: “spend $50 at this vendor, at this X402 address, it expires.”

    • X402 as a payment medium for agents
    • Analogy: the user sets the guardrails like Anthropic around a model
    McOso.eth

  7. 13.Mission tour & closing

    Complexity gradient, advice to applicants, MetaMask roadmap and the next-day Discord session.

    • Easy entry points: missions 9 & 12
    • Advice: re-listen to the Space; they select “those who get the vision”
    • Roadmap: 7715, 7710, X402, agent wallet, CLI
    • Discord session the next day (Zet & Saulo, ~2 h)
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