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AI summary: The foundational whitepaper for Unicity, an Autonomous Agentic Internet protocol.

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What whitepaper does

This repository hosts the official whitepaper for the Unicity Network, outlining its architecture as an 'Autonomous Agentic Internet'. The document provides a high-level overview of the protocol's motivation, system model, and tokenomics. It details how various network components interact to facilitate a decentralized ecosystem where AI agents can operate autonomously. The repository serves as the authoritative source for the project's foundational concepts and technical design.

Researchers, developers, and investors interested in decentralized AI networks and autonomous agent ecosystems. It requires a solid understanding of blockchain and AI concepts.

Comprehensive overview: Details the motivation, system model, and architecture of the Unicity protocol.
Tokenomics explanation: Outlines the economic model underlying the Autonomous Agentic Internet.
Source repository: Provides access to the LaTeX source files used to generate the official PDF.
Version tracking: Allows the community to track updates and revisions to the foundational document.
Architectural deep dive: Explains how discrete network components integrate to form a cohesive system.

Where teams use it

Protocol evaluation

Understand the technical foundations and economic models of the Unicity Network before participating.

Academic review

Analyze the proposed architecture for an Autonomous Agentic Internet.

Community contribution

Review and propose changes to the foundational documentation via pull requests.

System integration

Learn how the different components of the Unicity ecosystem interact to build compatible applications.

README

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The Unicity Whitepaper

High-level overview of Unicity, the Autonomous Agentic Internet, and the protocol architecture. Start here for the motivation, system model, tokenomics, and how the network components fit together.

Download

Latest PDF: Unicity.pdf
Source repository: github.com/unicitynetwork/whitepaper

Unicity Paper Map

Unicity Whitepaper (PDF) - protocol overview, tokenomics, and network architecture.
Unicity Yellowpaper (PDF) - low-level protocol specification, including consensus-layer engineering details, data availability, and aggregation shard operation.
Unicity Infrastructure: the Aggregation Layer / Unicity Bluepaper (PDF) - aggregation-layer design, sharded SMT commitments, inclusion and non-inclusion proofs, and the ZK consistency proof model.
Unicity Execution Layer (PDF) - off-chain transaction execution, service-side privacy, user-wallet privacy, and formal security proofs.
Unicity: Predicates and Atomic Swaps (PDF) - programmable spending conditions ("smart contracts") and an usage example, trustless atomic swaps.

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Unicity WhitepaperlatestFeb 13, 20251.5K downloads
- This release contains the latest compiled version of the Unicity whitepaper. - Date: 2026-05-22 - Commit: d2b7d28

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