draft protocol · v0.1
RIN Network issues verifiable identities to robots and the organizations responsible for them, lets participants discover each other's capabilities, negotiate bounded physical tasks, and settle machine-to-machine transactions — with a regulator-grade audit trail.
Identity
Cryptographic RIN issued by the Clearinghouse
Coordination
Discover, trust, negotiate, execute, prove
Accountability
Signed audit trail, insurance, recalls, incidents
Owner or manufacturer submits a robot to the Clearinghouse.
A registrar verifies and issues a Robot Identification Number.
The robot advertises machine-readable capabilities.
Another participant finds it via type, capability, or facility.
Parties open a scoped, time-bounded trust relationship.
A physical task is requested, negotiated, and authorized.
Progress events stream while work happens in the world.
Completion evidence is filed; RIN-T settles the payment.
RIN Core
Identity, registry and lifecycle of every robot on the network.
RIN Discover
Type, capability, facility and jurisdiction search.
RIN Trust
Scoped, expiring trust relationships between participants.
RIN Link
Signed message envelopes for robot ↔ robot communication.
RIN Task
Negotiation, authorization checks, progress and proof.
RIN RIN-T
Sandbox wallets and transactions between machines.
RIN Beacon
Transponder + hardware identity binding.
RIN Clearinghouse
The registrar of record for RINs and lifecycle events.
Every field, policy, and screen defends the fact that robots produce physical-world effects.
Task authorization checks live policies, certifications and jurisdiction — not just identity.
Append-only lifecycle events, signed messages, and reason-logged reveals for oversight.
Access to physical resources is gated by trust, credentials and the facility's own policy.
Public draft. Register an organization to get an early RIN and pilot the Clearinghouse.