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Origin Protocol — Using Copilot CLI to Build Trust Into Digital Creation

GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge Submission

This is a submission for the GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge

Origin Protocol — An Open Standard for Creator Authenticity

What I Built

Origin Protocol is a fully open, platform‑agnostic standard for proving who created what, when, and how. It gives creators a cryptographically verifiable “seal” for their content and gives platforms a deterministic way to validate authenticity without relying on blockchain, tokens, or proprietary systems.

The protocol includes:

• a creator-side sealing workflow
• a platform verification SDK
• a ledger API for revocation and trust checks
• a governance bootstrap for trust anchoring
• a policy system for strict/standard/permissive verification
• a pair of experimental identity modules inspired by my earlier R&D (LYRA)

Everything is open-source, deterministic, and built to be adopted by platforms with minimal friction.

This project matters to me because creators — especially small, independent ones — deserve a way to protect their work without needing money, legal teams, or specialized knowledge. Origin is my attempt to give them that.


Demo

GitHub Repository:
https://github.com/origin-protocol/origin-protocol

Medium Article (public announcement):
https://medium.com/@bkelleytms/origin-protocol-a-new-open-standard-for-creator-authenticity-527074b14c0c

Key Features to Explore:

• origin_protocol/identity/ — Ed25519-based trust anchor
• origin_protocol/experimental/state_identity.py — coherence‑based identity
• origin_protocol/experimental/coherence_grid.py — spatial coherence analysis
• origin_protocol/cli/ — creator sealing workflow
• origin_protocol/verification/ — platform-side validation logic

Screenshots, CLI examples, and a full white paper are coming next.


My Experience with GitHub Copilot CLI

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