Decision Engine
"Should this identity be allowed to do this action, right now?"
BaseCred is not a scoring product. BaseCred is a Decision Engine that helps platforms answer access control questions with deterministic, explainable decisions.
Core Philosophy
- BaseCred does not create new scores — Never invents or owns a proprietary reputation score
- BaseCred aggregates existing reputation systems — Ethos, Talent Protocol, Neynar are first-class providers
- Decisions over scores — Scores are inputs. Decisions are the product
- Deterministic core — Same inputs → same decision. Always reproducible
- Context-aware — Decisions depend on where the action happens
- Explainable by default — Every decision produces a human-readable reason
- Temporal first-class citizen — Freshness matters more than absolute values
- AI is assistive, never authoritative — Rules decide. AI explains
High-Level Architecture
Signals → Scores → Rules → Decision → Action
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AI Explanation (optional)
| Component | Role |
|---|---|
| Signals | Raw onchain/offchain data |
| Scores | Normalized internal metrics |
| Rules | Deterministic decision logic |
| Decision | ALLOW / DENY / ALLOW_WITH_LIMITS |
| AI | Explanation, simulation, anomaly detection (never deciding) |
Guiding Principle
If a feature does not help answer "yes or no", it does not belong in the Decision Engine.