Finality

Introducing Finality By now it’s obvious that agents and autonomous workflows are the future of the global social fabric. Agents, however, are not humans, and they need different types of assurances in order to go about their work. At the heart of every valuable decision is the question of uncertainty. As humans, we externalize that uncertainty by paying for it – through insurance, lending, arbitration, etc. – or simply waiting, as we have for millennia. It’s worked okay so far, for humans. But not for agents. Agents need guaranteed outcomes. They need finality in order to present their humans with a guaranteed outcome, to stack a set of dependencies in sequence, and to move forward with making valuable decisions at machine speed. @finalityfdn is a nonprofit foundation I am forming to direct research on finality, advise on related policy, and invest in projects that improve the efficiency of autonomous money movement. The first of these projects is the Final network, a new cooperative system that can immediately resolve any future outcome. We have recently reached an agreement in principle for @usefinal to begin the development of this new protocol. More details about this project will be shared in the coming weeks. I truly believe that the upcoming era will enable all kinds of benefits and abundance for humans. Finality is how we make sure it doesn’t fall apart.