A Three-Tier Architecture
The ASI Protocol builds on the work of thousands of researchers and open-source developers in AI, blockchain, security, cloud, and incorporates economic security from the 20th century’s most brilliant financial minds. To learn more, read the whitepaper here and explore the FAQs.
✅ AIC (Aligned Institutional Capital): A private market governance asset for AI safety research funding. 1 AIC = 1 vote for new or continued alignment research funding.
AIC operates as a governance utility token that funds AI safety research through a transparent, performance-driven structure where milestone achievements (KPIs) trigger token releases to fund additional research —making each release 100% performance based.
✅ ABC (Aligned Beacon Capital): A public market governance token for alignment research funding; also 1 ABC = 1 vote. Learn more about ABC here.
ABC is public facing governance token, so as the price increases, more funding (bounties) can be paid out. ABC is also closely tied to tracking ongoing alignment. research. These real-world benefits discourage pump/dump actors.
✅ SAT (Safe Asset Treasury): As the protocol matures, it will move from using stablecoins exclusively to other RWAs. That means the SAT treasury reserve will evolve by being backed to a diversified basket of on-chain commodities and stablecoins, providing fiscal responsibility via asset diversification.
SAT implements Benjamin Graham’s (Warren Buffett’s guru) vision of a reserve asset backed by a diversified basket of strategic assets. Where Bitcoin’s volatility prevented its use as stable money, SAT achieves stability via:
- Diversified Collateral: A weighted basket of assets spreads volatility risk
- Over-Collateralization: 150% backing ensures resilience against market shocks
- Active Management: Automated protocols that adjust basket composition based on market conditions.
The ASIP tri-token model (ABC for public alignment funding, AIC for private alignment funding, and SAT for treasury reserves) creates a fiscally responsible ecosystem where AI safety research can operate with the patient capital it requires while maintaining regulatory compliance and market confidence.
ASIP’s architecture aims for efficiency and symmetry. It is the only public good project we know of that does the above for one singular apex goal – preserving humanity’s future.