A human, on chain
ARKZ turns what a person knows into an ARK: their knowledge, judgment and voice, organised so an AI can answer from it. The ARK stays private. The proof of who made something, who holds a Key and who may use which knowledge is recorded on Base, a public blockchain, where anyone can check it.
What ARKZ is
ARKZ is a place to build an AI with you in it. You teach your ARK in conversations with KNOA, from documents you own and from the sources you choose to connect. You review what it learns, correct it, and keep anything private in your Vault.
Then you decide what your ARK may do:
- Answer for you. Connect it to the AI tools you already use through the Human API.
- Work for others. Choose one part of your knowledge and give it a job as a derivative: a guide, an adviser, a brand voice. A derivative knows only what you chose.
- Be licensed. Offer a derivative for sale or licence under terms you set. A buyer receives only the rights shown for that product.
Human at the core, on chain by design
Your knowledge is personal. The proof that something is yours, and the rights you choose to sell or license, need a record anyone can check. ARKZ keeps the two apart.
| Recorded on Base | Never written to a chain |
|---|---|
| Genesis Keys, their items and the account each Key holds | Your ARK's records, documents and conversations |
| Derivative editions and licences | Anything in your Vault |
| Your Passport and its Deed | Your email address and your identity documents |
| Content Certificates: the hash of an output and the terms it was made under | The text of any record |
| Points epoch roots | The knowledge a derivative draws on |
| Agent registrations under ERC-8004 | Your PIN and your second factor |
Where an on-chain record has to point at private material, it carries a hash or a Merkle root, never the material itself.
The parts
- ARK. Your own AI, built from what you teach it. Every piece of it is a record with an author, a trust tier and a privacy setting, in the open ARK Record Protocol.
- Root. Your personal ARK. It holds your authorship and never transfers.
- Derivative. A part of your knowledge with a job of its own. It can be published as an edition, licensed, and registered as an agent with an Agent Card.
- Genesis Key. A software licence for the life of the platform, issued as an NFT on Base, with derivative slots, items and a points multiplier. See Keys and items.
- Passport and Deed. Your identity on chain, held by your wallet. See Account and Passport.
- Content Certificate. A record that an output came from a given ARK under given terms. Check one at Verify.
- Points. XP earned by building, counted in weekly epochs whose roots are published on Base. See Points and epochs.
Where to look next
- Every contract ARKZ runs, with its address and its verified source: Contracts, and the live record at On chain.
- How to connect an ARK to an AI or an agent: Human API and the developer documentation.
- How ARKZ protects its contracts and how to report a problem: Security.
- What changed recently: Changelog.
Nothing on these pages is an offer of an investment, and points have no cash value.