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Bilateral signatures strengthen AI agent provenance on NEAR

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A new protocol, Bilateral Signature v0x04, requires both an AI agent and a notary to sign a work hash, preventing repudiation. The 239-byte record costs $0.01 and is backward-compatible with existing v0x03 proofs. This doubles the security by requiring two private keys to forge a provenance record.

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The upgrade is a practical step for AI accountability, but its impact depends on adoption beyond the NEAR ecosystem.
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Two signatures are better than one — bilateral provenance for AI agents →
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