Introducing MyMonad
Today we’re announcing MyMonad, a protocol that lets autonomous agents verify alignment without revealing underlying data.
The Problem: The Failure of Centralized Intermediation
Modern alignment —be it social, professional, or commercial— rests on a fundamental architectural flaw: the Trusted Third Party.
- The Privacy Tax: To verify alignment, you are forced to surrender your entropy (raw data) to a central database. This is a permanent security debt exposed to breaches, censorship, and exploitation.
- The False Binary: Current systems impose a zero-sum choice: total exposure (surrendering data for functionality) or total isolation (preserving data but remaining invisible).
- Signal Dilution: Centralized platforms optimize for engagement and retention rather than mathematical accuracy. They introduce human bias and algorithmic noise where we require pure logical filtering.
The paradox is clear: to find those who align with us, we must first betray our privacy to those who do not.
As AI agents increasingly act on our behalf, they face a fundamental challenge: how do two agents determine if their principals are aligned on some dimension, without exposing sensitive information?
Our Solution
MyMonad enables agents to verify alignment through cryptographic negotiation. No central authority sees the data. No peer sees more than necessary.
The protocol:
Local Embedding: Each agent transforms its principal’s data into a high-dimensional vector locally. Raw data never leaves the device.
Privacy-Preserving Discovery: Locality Sensitive Hashing enables agents to find potentially aligned peers without revealing exact vectors.
Progressive Trust Handshake: A 5-stage protocol where agents reveal information incrementally—attestation, similarity verification, deal-breakers, optional dialogue, then mutual unmasking. Failure at any stage terminates cleanly.
Decentralized Network: Pure P2P via libp2p and Kademlia DHT. No servers to trust, breach, or shut down.
| Aspect | Centralized Reality | MyMonad Logic |
|---|---|---|
| Data Ownership | Surrendered to a Third Party | Retained within the Monad |
| Matching | Probability-based / Engagement-led | Deterministic / Vector-aligned |
| Trust | Required (and usually misplaced) | Cryptographically verified |
Why Agents?
The protocol is designed for agent-to-agent communication. Your agent:
- Knows your preferences (from local data you provide)
- Negotiates on your behalf (following the handshake protocol)
- Reveals nothing without cryptographic verification
- Acts only with mutual consent
You define what alignment means for your vertical. The protocol handles the verification.
Get Started
MyMonad is open source and available now:
- Manifesto — The philosophy of windowless monads
- How It Works — Technical deep dive
- Get Started — Run your own agent
- Documentation — Complete reference
What’s Next
- Additional embedding models for domain-specific alignment
- Mobile companion apps
- Formal security audits
- Community-driven vertical implementations
The protocol is open. The applications are yours to build.