AFC documentation
Architecture, API contract, process states, security model and governance of Aros Financial Core.
Open →Docs & writing
Resources
Everything we publish about AST and AFC, at three depths: this website for decision-makers, developer documentation for integration teams, and the white paper for architects, auditors and reviewers. Each level links to the next, so every claim can be traced to its source.
AST documentation
Core Canon, Proof of Transaction criteria, NodeChain, token protocol and the institutional portal.
Open →White paper
First principles, formulas, boundaries and the reasoning that connects them.
Open →Technical deep dive
Modules, process lifecycle, security and operational defaults of the AST core.
Open →Blog
Notes on settlement, Proof of Transaction and the boundaries we build in on purpose.
Open →System: can and cannot
The public boundary of AST in one page — what it does and what it refuses to do.
Open →Key terms
- AFC (Aros Financial Core) — the process of executing the Aros API Contract between AST and licensed anchors. Not a platform, custodian or legal entity; it exists only while a process runs.
- AST (Aros Studio Tokenomics) — the execution and record engine: a separate legal entity that holds only its own funds and records tokenized rights.
- API contract — the machine-readable agreement that defines the parties, their roles, messages, process states, rollback and audit events.
- Licensed anchor — a regulated institution that performs the licensed money or digital-asset movement in a process, under its own licence.
- Initiating institution — the bank, treasury or other institution that authorises a request and completes KYC, AML and sanctions checks before it enters. It is not a party to the contract.
- Proof of Transaction (PoT) — the only gate through which value arises or changes: a verdict that a process met all required criteria.
- NodeChain — the append-only record of every significant state; the single source of truth.
- ArosCoin (ARO) — AST's internal process and payment unit. Not for sale, no market price, not a settlement asset.
- Token of rights — the token that represents rights to a real asset at its official, confirmed valuation, and changes only through confirmed processes.
- All-Seeing Eye — the independent monitoring and audit layer: it observes, records and notifies; it has no veto and cannot act.
- Rollback — the return of a deviating process to its last consistent state, itself recorded on NodeChain.
- Process ID — the public reference for a process; anyone can look up its redacted status on the explorer.
Is there a token I can buy?
No. Aros Studio does not sell tokens. ArosCoin is an internal unit that measures confirmed work and pays infrastructure; it has no market price. Tokens of rights represent specific real assets and are issued only to institutions through a confirmed process.
Can I use AST or AFC as an individual?
Not directly. Both are built for institutions. Individuals benefit through the banks, treasuries and licensed firms that integrate them. Anyone can look up a process on the public explorer.
Is the code open?
The AST repository — canon, layer specifications, automated guards and the institutional portal — is public on GitHub. Detailed AFC integration material is shared with institutional partners.