VTS & KYA: Verified Trust Stack and Know Your Agent

KYA (Know Your Agent)

Identity and permissioning for autonomous software agents (e.g., bots that dispatch batteries or thermostats). In the series, KYA is the way we bind an agent to a specific device or portfolio so that its actions can be trusted, audited, and limited.

VTS (Verified Trust Stack)

The layered system of logs, attestations, and tokens that lets third parties (regulators, insurers, hyperscalers) trust that a grid action or financial action really happened. On the grid side, VTS is built from dispatch and curtailment logs; on the fintech side, from transaction logs and payment receipts.

Key Components

Plain-language definitions of KYA and VTS
How grid VTS (PoC, dispatch logs) mirrors fintech VTS (transaction logs, stablecoins)
Links to main posts using these concepts (Fintech's Mirror Image, The Collision Course, The $100 Billion Token Mint, etc.)

The Mirror Between Grid and Fintech

Fintech 2025Grid 2025Collision Product 2030KYA (agent identity)Powerwall/rig identityAgent-controlled battery fleetsVTS (verified trust stack)Curtailment log → tokenElectron-backed stable asset Related Reading