Overview
Background
As decentralized AI Agents become foundational components of the next-generation Web3 infrastructure, their secure, transparent, and verifiable execution is critical. Unlike centralized systems, Web3’s openness introduces new risks:
Ownership Ambiguity: Difficult to prove data/model ownership on-chain.
Authenticity Risks: Agent behavior and output cannot be trusted by default.
Lack of Auditability: No provable link between the used data, the model executed, and the output produced.
No On-Chain Verifiability: Inference results can be fabricated without cryptographic accountability.
In LazAI, each iDAO manages its own data, model, and agent workflows. While this empowers decentralized autonomy, it also raises the need for a trust-minimized, cryptographically verifiable execution framework.
iDAO’s Key Security & Privacy Challenges
Data Misuse & Privacy Breach
Sensitive datasets may be exposed or misused during AI processing.
Users lack visibility into whether their inputs were securely processed.
Unverifiable Inference
AI inference is typically executed off-chain or locally; users cannot validate results or trace data provenance.
The same model may be reused, modified, or forked by different iDAOs without traceability.
Unclear Attribution & Revenue Distribution
Models often rely on multiple data sources; without execution proofs, revenue sharing becomes opaque.
Untrusted Agent Runtime
Many AI Agents run on centralized, uncontrolled hardware—susceptible to tampering or malicious behavior.
LazAI’s Solution: TEE-First, ZK-Optional, OP-Compatible Verified Execution
LazAI introduces a Verified Computing Framework built on three composable execution trust models:
Mode
Primary Usage
Strength
When to Use
TEE Mode
Default
Trusted execution environment (Intel TDX and SGX are both OK) with remote attestation
Most inference and fine-tune tasks
TEE + ZK Mode
Optional extension
Adds zero-knowledge proofs for selective inputs, outputs, or logic constraints
Privacy-sensitive or regulatory tasks
Optimistic Mode (OP)
Backup
Enables fraud-proof-based verification when TEE is unavailable
Lightweight agents or fallback arbitration
When to Use ZK or OP
ZK and OP serve as optional augmentation to TEE-based computing:
Use ZK when:
Inputs or outputs must be kept private (e.g., mental health input).
Output must satisfy constraints (e.g., model temperature < 0.9).
Regulatory compliance requires provable logic.
Use OP when:
Either TEE is not used, or trust assumptions are weaker.
Third-party challengers need to verify computation after execution.
Arbitration or slashing is necessary (e.g., data misuse, forged proofs).
Cryptographic Proof Models
Asset Type
Proof Type
Purpose
Dataset
Merkle Root + Provenance Hash
Anchors original data, prevents replacement
Model
TEE Attestation + Param Hash
Verifies model version and source
Inference
TEE Signature (optional ZK)
Verifiable output, optionally private
Integration with LazAI Infrastructure
Quorum-Based Consensus + VSC Coordination
Quorum Validators stake on LazChain and form trust domains for iDAO.
VSC (Verifiable Service Coordinator) aggregates proofs from TEE nodes and submits them on-chain.
Verifier Contract on LazChain checks TEE signatures, ZK proofs, or OP dispute proofs.
Challenger Mechanism (for OP Mode)
Elected challengers monitor inference results and data-model linkage.
Upon detecting fraud, challengers submit Fraud Proofs.
Quorum enforces Slashing, penalizing iDAOs via token burn or DAT reduction.
Summary
LazAI’s Verified Computing architecture provides a hybrid, multi-layered trust framework tailored for decentralized AI ecosystems. With a TEE-first, ZK-assisted, and OP-compatible design, it addresses key pain points in:
Executing private, auditable AI inference tasks
Enforcing data/model provenance
Validating AI agent behavior at low cost
Coordinating decentralized trust via Quorum and VSC
This framework transforms iDAOs from isolated compute units into co-verifiable AI entities, anchored by programmable security, fine-grained delegation, and decentralized validation.
LazAI’s architecture lays the groundwork for a future where AI is both trustless and transparent, and every computation, dataset, and model update can be proven, traced, and monetized across on-chain and off-chain domains.
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