# TDM - Decentralized Agent Operating System (DaOS)

TDM is a production-grade machine-payments protocol and open registry designed for the autonomous agent era. It provides the infrastructure to bridge human-centric stablecoin liquidity into machine-native settlement flows.

## Core Pillars
1. **Hub Catalog**: A public discovery surface for agent tools, skills, payment lanes, install commands, and trust signals. Publishing, ratings, paid access checks, signatures, and optional anchors are finalized from the local SDK Dashboard.
2. **DaOS Runtime**: A secure execution loop that enforces trust, budget, and provenance guardrails.
3. **Sovereign Connectivity**: Total protocol agnosticism—use TDM Gateway for native ease or connect your own settlement layer.
4. **Vault Isolation**: Enclave-style security for agent keys and transaction signing within a secure contour.

## Technical Architecture
TDM operates as a decentralized settlement layer. It uses a request-authorization-execution loop to ensure that no agent action is taken without a verified funding lane and matching trust rules.

### Key Components
- **DaOS Core SDK**: High-fidelity primitives for building autonomous payment flows.
- **TDM CLI**: Operational toolset for managing vaults, fuel, and registry submissions.
- **TDM Hub**: The community registry for discovering and integrating DaOS-native capabilities.

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*The foundation for sovereign agent commerce.*