PROTOCOL SPEC

SVP-1: Swarm Validator Protocol

Version 1.0 — December 2024

Overview

The Swarm Validator Protocol (SVP-1) defines how Swarm agents evaluate and stress-test signals proposed by King models before they can be hardened by miners.

Swarm validation is the second layer of the signal pipeline, occurring after King proposal and before miner proof-of-work.

Validator Agents

FeeBee

Tests signal stability under fee perturbations (±15%)

MempoolHornet

Verifies regime consistency across mempool states

VolatilityAnt

Checks for indeterminate conflicts in boundary conditions

HashWasp

Validates miner health and hashrate stability

Validation Process

  1. Signal envelope received from King with features and thesis
  2. Each validator agent runs independent stress tests
  3. Agents return pass/fail with score (0.0-1.0) and reason
  4. Integrity score computed as weighted average of agent scores
  5. Verdict issued: VET, HARDEN, or REJECT

Verdicts

VerdictIntegrity ThresholdAction
HARDEN≥ 0.85Proceed to miner PoW
VET0.60 - 0.84Partial position multiplier
REJECT< 0.60Signal discarded

Dissent Ratio

The dissent ratio measures disagreement between King and Swarm models. A healthy dissent ratio (0.3-0.6) indicates the Swarm is providing genuine independent validation rather than rubber-stamping King signals.

dissent_ratio = 1 - correlation(king_outputs, swarm_outputs)

Output Schema

{
  "signal_id": "sig_abc123",
  "integrity_score": 0.91,
  "verdict": "HARDEN",
  "position_multiplier": 1.0,
  "validators": [
    {
      "agent": "FeeBee",
      "pass": true,
      "score": 0.92,
      "reason": "stable under fee perturbation"
    }
  ],
  "dissent_ratio": 0.485
}