AI Ghosts

What Are AI Ghosts?

AI Ghosts are autonomous AI agents that represent you across the Candao ecosystem. They are:

• Autonomous — Work 24/7 without constant direction
• Proactive — Seek opportunities, initiate conversations, close deals
• Personal — Trained on your preferences, history, goals
• Accountable — Actions logged on-chain, permissions user-controlled

Ghost Capabilities

Capability	What It Does	Example
Matching	Finds compatible counterparties	Investor → Startup, Host → Guest
Negotiation	Aligns terms autonomously	Price, schedule, scope
Scheduling	Coordinates calendars	Proposes meeting times
Transactions	Executes within limits	Payments up to pre-set threshold
Content	Generates in your voice	Responses, proposals, updates

Ghost-to-Ghost Protocol (GGP)

Ghosts communicate at machine speed:

[Your Ghost] → [Investor's Ghost]: 
  "AI startup, $500K seed, 87% compatibility score. 
   Available: Tues 2pm, Thurs 10am. Interest?"

[Investor's Ghost] → [Your Ghost]: 
  "Confirmed. Thurs 10am works. Sending portfolio context..."

Humans only engage for high-value, pre-qualified interactions.

AI Safety & Constraints

Ghosts are powerful. They must be trustworthy.

Constraint	Implementation
User-defined boundaries	All permissions explicitly set by user
Transaction limits	Maximum spend per action, per day, per week
Human-in-the-loop	Required for irreversible actions (contracts, identity, transfers over threshold)
Action logging	All Ghost actions recorded on-chain (hashed)
Revocation	Instant permission revocation via wallet
Explainability	Ghost explains reasoning for major decisions

Default behavior:

• Ghosts cannot transfer funds >$100 without explicit approval
• Ghosts cannot sign contracts without human confirmation
• Ghosts cannot modify identity credentials without multi-factor auth
• Users receive push notifications for all consequential actions

On-Chain vs Off-Chain Architecture

Component	On-Chain	Off-Chain	Rationale
Ghost Identity	✅ (soul-bound token)		Immutable ownership proof
Permissions & Limits	✅		Trustless enforcement
Interaction Proofs	✅ (hashed)		Verifiable without exposing data
AI Models		✅	Too large for chain storage
Personal Data		✅ (encrypted P2P)	Privacy preservation
Training Data		✅ (user-controlled)	Never leaves user custody
Conversation History		✅ (encrypted)	Performance + privacy

Ghost Levels

Level	Holding	Capabilities
Basic	Free	Profile matching, basic filtering
Active	$100 CDO	Outreach, scheduling, notifications
Negotiator	$1,000 CDO	Deal-making, contract prep, transaction execution
Enterprise	$10,000 CDO	Multi-Ghost coordination, API access, custom training