THE CORE IDEA

AoR

The Authorization of Record.

When an agent moves money, one question outlives the transaction: was it actually allowed? The Authorization of Record is Fidacy's answer — a single, signed, immutable object that settles that question for everyone, forever.

Why a system of record for authorization

Ledgers record that money moved. They don't record that the movement was authorized — by which user, under which mandate, checked against which policy, and decided how. That gap is where agent commerce breaks down: a dispute becomes one party's logs against another's, with no neutral truth in between.

The Authorization of Record closes it. Every verdict Fidacy issues is the canonical, signed statement of authority for that transaction — the one artifact every counterparty can point to and agree on.

What it binds together

Three properties that make it authoritative

The record, in one object

{
  "authorized": true,
  "user": "usr_4a1", "agent": "agt_shopper_02",
  "mandate_hash": "sha256:9f2c…",
  "decision": "approve", "policy": "pol_2026_07",
  "chain": { "seq": 41, "prev": "sha256:7b0a…" },
  "jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSJ9.."
}

See it hold up

The Authorization of Record is just a receipt you can verify — and try to break. Tamper with one in the sandbox, or verify a real one yourself.