Operate the layer, never read the deals
A settlement layer needs people who keep it running. The operator role is designed so that running the infrastructure gives no view into the business on it.
Relay final states, serve sealed records to the parties who hold their keys and keep the public tape honest, on a layer built so that operators never see what was agreed.
Grow with the network
How operators would be chosen and paid is still open. The design starts from a few principles: rewards should follow the work done, measured against public data anyone can check; operators serve every valid record in order, because choosing whose settlement to relay first would breach the role.
The $DEPLOIER token is expected to play a part in operator bonding and fees. The exact design will be published before any operator joins. Infrastructure providers and custodians are the natural first operators, and interest can be registered today.
What an operator would do
These duties exist today inside the single practice server. The plan is to spread them across independent operators, each anchored to Robinhood Chain blocks that no operator controls.
Relay
Pass signed proposals and acceptances to the settlement contract on Robinhood Chain and report the resulting block.
Store sealed records
Hold encrypted private records for parties who want redundancy, readable only with the view key.
Publish the tape
Serve the public list of commitments and statuses so anyone can check what the layer has settled.
Raise the alarm
Flag a commitment that does not match the contract state, or a relay that stops answering.
“A market needs two things from a settlement: proof that it happened, and silence about what happened. We keep the first public and the second with the parties.”
What an operator can never do
The design goal is that a dishonest operator can stall at worst, never steal or spy.
Read terms
Forge consent
Rewrite history
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Tell the team who you are and what infrastructure you operate today.
Earned by uptime
Rewards follow measurable work, not stake size alone.Neutral by rule
Every valid record is served in order.Open to qualified firms
Infrastructure providers and custodians first.