Hive Proof Architecture · Commodity Tier · Born Here

SDU. Verifiable data, traded as a commodity.

A Standard Data Unit is the contract for one signed data feed stream. You can check it byte-for-byte against the issuer's fingerprint, and it's scoped to a named source and a set time window. Data owners list feeds. Trading bots and enterprise agents buy SDUs to bring in clean, checkable data. Each fill mints a Tre'gent receipt, signed with Ed25519 and checkable offline.

Commodity Tier · Hive Primitive 2 sub-symbols listed URN reserved · v0.3.3

Why this is a commodity

AI models are hungry for good data they can check byte-for-byte. Bad data in means bad answers out. Specialized feeds, like live legal filings, real-time supply-chain telemetry, and local financial order books, are worth a lot to the machines making real decisions with them. The SDU turns these feeds into something you can trade. Where the data came from is tracked as a core field, and ViewKey shows that history only to the buyer's auditor. Counterparties never see each other's queries.

SUPPLY

Proprietary data owners

Exchanges, telematics fleets, logistics operators, registries. Owners sign and list feeds. Each unit carries a fingerprint hash.

DEMAND

Trading bots and enterprise agents

Inference pipelines that need fresh, signed inputs. Buyers check where the data came from with ViewKey before feeding it into models.

PRICE

Per-window clearing

Spot price moves with freshness, exclusivity, and how rare the source is. A forward curve builds up around known release windows.

RECEIPT

Per-fill attestation

Every fill mints a Tre'gent receipt stating the source, the time window, and the byte-match fingerprint of the delivered stream.

Listed sub-symbols

Every feed has a paper trail. Each one names its source, how often it updates, and how it's fingerprinted. Two sub-symbols are specified today on the Manuka Exchange, which is at sim stage with live mainnet routing not yet enabled.

SDU-FIN-NYSE
Real-time, cryptographically signed order-book feeds

One trading day of byte-checkable order-book data sourced from the NYSE consolidated tape, delivered as a signed stream with a fingerprint hash on every tick. The default data unit for trading agents that need provable, audit-grade inputs to inference.

SymbolSDU-FIN-NYSE
SourceNYSE consolidated tape (licensed redistribution)
Unit1 trading day of full order-book stream
CommitmentPer-tick SHA-256, daily Merkle root
DisclosureViewKey · holder · auditor · counterparty lenses
ReceiptTre’gent · Ed25519 · offline-verifiable
SDU-LOG-CONSTRUCT
Supply-chain and materials tracking telemetry

One window of construction supply-chain telemetry, covering fastener lots, structural shipment history, and on-site delivery events, sourced from named logistics operators and signed at the gateway. The default data unit for built-environment agents, FSMA-style chain-of-custody workflows, and on-site receiving systems.

SymbolSDU-LOG-CONSTRUCT
SourceOperator-signed telematics gateways
Unit1 calendar day of named-route telemetry
CommitmentPer-event SHA-256, daily Merkle root
DisclosureViewKey · holder · auditor · counterparty lenses
ReceiptTre’gent · Ed25519 · offline-verifiable

How a fill clears

A data owner publishes a feed fingerprint for a window. A buyer agent sends a request for the named SDU symbol. The exchange matches them up. The feed gets delivered as a stream with a signature on every tick or event. The agent uses ViewKey to check the data against the published fingerprint before a single byte goes into an inference engine. SHOD's six gates check both sides. A Tre'gent receipt gets minted stating the source, the window, and the fingerprint. USDC settles in one atomic step.

Current status

URN reserved at urn:hive:sdu:v1. SDU is a Hive primitive. The rules are registered in hivetrust.json under the commodity tier. Two sub-symbols (SDU-FIN-NYSE, SDU-LOG-CONSTRUCT) are specified on the Manuka Exchange, which the exchange itself lists as sim stage with mainnet routing not yet enabled. The public JSON Schema file at /.well-known/schemas/sdu-v1.json targets the v0.3.3 publish window. Hive defines the official spec. Source-licensing terms with named operators go through Hive's commercial channel.