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ASC Standards

Plain-language rules that code can be certified against. Each standard lists what a kind of software must never do, how the jury checks it, and the badge a passing repository earns.

Source of truth: Markdown files in the asc-standards repository on GitHub. Final versions are inscribed on Solana. The GitHub repository is not published in this build; these pages render the Markdown in the repo.

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|  .----------------------.   ASC  EDO     |
|  |  [ ]  ETHICAL   [o]  |   v1.0         |
|  |   DEVICE OPERATIONS  |                |
|  '----------.-----------'   PASS  5/5    |
|           _|_|_                          |
|  your-org/repo@a1b2c3d                           |
|  sha256:4b1e07c2a9d3   2026-11-04                 |
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EDO v1.0Draft5 rules

Ethical Device Operations

A consumer device shall never do these 5 things.

Read EDO Certify a repo

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|     .-----.         ASC  EAO   v1.0      |
|    | o   o |        ETHICAL AGENT        |
|    |  ---  |        OPERATIONS           |
|     '--+--'                              |
|      /|=|\          PASS  10/10          |
|  your-org/repo@a1b2c3d                           |
|  sha256:4b1e07c2a9d3   2026-11-04                 |
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EAO v1.0Draft10 rules

Ethical Agent Operations

An AI agent shall never do these 10 things.

Read EAO Certify a repo

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|   ___________       ASC  ETC   v1.0      |
|  |  _______  |      ETHICAL TREASURY     |
|  | | (@)   | |      CONDUCT              |
|  | |_______| |                           |
|  |___________|      PASS  12/12          |
|  your-org/repo@a1b2c3d                           |
|  sha256:4b1e07c2a9d3   2026-11-04                 |
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ETC v1.0Draft12 rules

Ethical Treasury Conduct

A treasury shall never do these 12 things.

Read ETC Certify a repo

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|   [====|====|====|----]   ASC  EVC v1.0  |
|   cliff  25%  50%   ...   ETHICAL        |
|     \__ on schedule __/   VESTING        |
|                           CONTRACTS      |
|                           PASS  8/8      |
|  your-org/repo@a1b2c3d                           |
|  sha256:4b1e07c2a9d3   2026-11-04                 |
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EVC v1.0Draft8 rules

Ethical Vesting Contracts

A vesting contract shall never do these 8 things.

Read EVC Certify a repo

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|    o---o---o        ASC  EMO   v1.0      |
|     \ / \ /         ETHICAL MODEL        |
|      o---o          OPERATIONS           |
|     / \ / \                              |
|    o---o---o        PASS  10/10          |
|  your-org/repo@a1b2c3d                           |
|  sha256:4b1e07c2a9d3   2026-11-04                 |
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EMO v1.0Draft10 rules

Ethical Model Operations

A model deployment shall never do these 10 things.

Read EMO Certify a repo

ASC-0 · Standards process

How standards are named (E + subject + Operations, Conduct or Contracts), versioned (MAJOR.MINOR), reviewed and inscribed.

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