Wavestar whitepapers
Formal research on clearing, trust, and orbital markets.
- Published papers
- 9
- Review model
- Internal + design-partner
- Comment window
- 60 days per draft
- License
- Apache 2.0 + CC BY 4.0
Library
All published whitepapers
Trust
WP-0001 · The Wavestar Trust Model
The hybrid trust model — permissioned transparency log, BLS quorum, and hourly dual-chain anchoring. Why each layer exists, what it proves, and what it defeats.
v0.3 · 48 pages · 2026-04
Registry
WP-0002 · did:orbit Method Specification
W3C-DID-compatible method for every asset in orbit. Namespace structure, DID Document format, and resolution rules. Public-comment draft.
v0.1 · 32 pages · 2026-03
Clearing
WP-0003 · ORCH Clearing Engine Architecture
CCP novation for orbital assets. Default fund and member-margin waterfall design modelled on DTCC and LCH but calibrated for ISAM-contingent delivery risk.
v0.2 · 58 pages · 2026-04
Attest
WP-0004 · Attest — BLS Quorum Design
Quorum sizing, diversity constraints, slashing mechanics, and rotation. N-of-M threshold signatures over BLS12-381 with geographic and operator diversity requirements.
v0.2 · 36 pages · 2026-04
Markets
WP-0005 · A Measurement Standard for ISL Capacity
A vendor-neutral unit (Gbps · minute · path) and measurement protocol that makes optical-mesh ISL capacity tradable. Aligns with the Kepler interoperability group spec.
v0.1 · 24 pages · 2026-04
Clearing
WP-0006 · CCP Novation for ISAM-Contingent Contracts
Extending CCP novation to contracts whose delivery depends on physical events in orbit. Default waterfall, performance bonds, and the role of Attest in triggering payout.
v0.1 · 42 pages · 2026-04
Clearing
WP-0007 · Settlement State Machine
A formal state machine for Wavestar settlement — pending, matched, novated, delivered, settled, disputed, unwound. Transition guards and idempotency keys.
v0.1 · 28 pages · 2026-04
Clearing
WP-0008 · USDC Settlement Adapter
The first settlement rail. Dual-entry USDC leg-payment with fiat wrap-up and on-chain finality reconciliation. MSB-compatible.
v0.1 · 18 pages · 2026-04
Governance
WP-0009 · Wavestar Rulebook Framework
The contract between member operators, clearing participants, and Wavestar. Instrument-class definitions, margining rules, default procedures, change-control process.
Draft · 2026-Q3
Publication process
How a paper becomes a Wavestar whitepaper
- 01
Internal draft
Authored by a Wavestar operator or officer, reviewed internally against the research protocol (WebSearch-first, confidence-rule, freshness-flagged). - 02
Design-partner review
A working group of design-partner operators, regulators, and external counsel reviews the draft. Comments and redlines are addressed line by line. - 03
Public comment
60-day public comment window. Issues are tracked in a public repository. Material changes trigger a new public-comment window. - 04
Publication and hash-anchor
Final paper published at a stable URL. The hash of the PDF is anchored on the Wavestar transparency log and via hourly Ethereum and Bitcoin anchors.
Collaborate
We co-author with operators, regulators, and academics.
If you are working on a topic relevant to the Wavestar platform — orbital market microstructure, post-quantum infrastructure cryptography, clearing-house resolution, or ITU coordination mechanics — we run formal collaborations with named attribution.