@prefix this: . @prefix sub: . @prefix schema: . @prefix gen: . @prefix np: . @prefix dct: . @prefix nt: . @prefix npx: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix prov: . sub:Head { this: a np:Nanopublication; np:hasAssertion sub:assertion; np:hasProvenance sub:provenance; np:hasPublicationInfo sub:pubinfo . } sub:assertion { sub:paragraph a gen:Paragraph; schema:about npx:approvesOf; schema:title "Seeds and approvals"; gen:hasContent """

Trust starts from a small set of seed agents named in the network's settings and grows by approval. When a trusted person approves someone's introduction, the introduced key becomes trusted too, and can in turn approve others. A key is accepted when there is a chain of approvals leading back to a seed, up to ten steps long.

An approval is itself a nanopublication: the approver states, with npx:approvesOf, the address of the introduction they vouch for. Nanodash offers it as an action where an unapproved introduction is shown.

"""; gen:hasPositionString "020" . } sub:provenance { sub:assertion prov:wasAttributedTo . } sub:pubinfo { this: dct:created "2026-09-10T11:55:53Z"^^xsd:dateTime; dct:creator ; dct:license ; npx:introduces sub:paragraph; rdfs:label "Seeds and approvals"; nt:wasCreatedFromProvenanceTemplate ; nt:wasCreatedFromPubinfoTemplate , ; nt:wasCreatedFromTemplate . sub:sig npx:hasAlgorithm "RSA"; npx:hasPublicKey "MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAl8cMusqtNyKA6UIsi3f7BAcZmHQXWxU0qk0PLsboMWQxYrGBfGgHTgRHJrBRxL+Zn9kJHKVmz2smDcjCBptXi/OwWy80gjsx+Pbe6IWz3zFPWF1UoFIKfPnC0slV67CQgdM853zW7Bmk9/uflCtK4EtZKmPdRGtUHVC7DTVvDBMDzLRGdE2KCBVN29EbM5GGVNvijYbaZQ9OFQPBkQshayqSIyGRr6rreJdkrRVLIzu3uuAjKYydaeXZWSN2JLnVBwrClKUxaEdCwhb5nXpMtKOMD+R+LgaXLeJUWM8BdRSYnta9ZqI5pHY4y3v+eW7J+HHeTvRbHvlik+Z4hFUXmQIDAQAB"; npx:hasSignature "T6hAGajntgSTWu+UVOnnzxUofKFv7qvyFP4FLCF0xtudW7OBaqiKmAbOF2gYUAt7kA0ELv4LkMb4ZGxdO8VEhXT51Jr5ZiiuaP+3PrRST7RZa1V0UhD5E4r9HO7FMC+QyFWr6YGjb49wmvgZx/rjo/VGUGIysBQ6cPyDq1lJoXMaRz9rbmCtK1d1el6QjoJGFIsPzMWAdE16ioH/CIPFjNkwPktmEUDhgAeQaOlL9Z771HayGV6lXes42nE5FAPM3v6m6w4diFIHOaXzIpFMN8au5+0QTE5FGtUOytthwSOMH6Afztdheqhgk/RnkpavSdatbYPkfFJxQEGt7S9beg=="; npx:hasSignatureTarget this:; npx:signedBy . }