1.1 Purpose

ASP Specification V1.0

This document serves to:

Provide a comprehensive integration guide for protocols, end-users and compliance systems.
Establish a standardized framework for building and operating an ASP.
Define the technical specifications and interfaces for each component of the ASP architecture.
Outline best practices for ensuring security, scalability, and privacy in ASP implementations.

The Association-Set Provider (ASP) Specification V1.0 devloped by 0xBow.io defines a standardized framework for implementing and operating or integrating with the ASP system

The ASP is designed to support compliance mechanisms for blockchain protocols, enabling the verification of compliance with regulatory requirements and business rules.

It aims to enable privacy-preserving compliance for blockchain protocols such as Privacy Pool, by leveraging zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and efficient data categorization techniques.

Current WIPs

This document is still a work in progress.

Here is curent TODO list:

Complete 7. Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Complete 8. End-User Integrations
Complete 9. Compliance Policies
Complete 10 Scalability and Performance
Complete 11 Security and Auditing
Complete 12 Governance and Upgrades
Complete Integration Guides & End-User Guides

## Content Overview:

See below to find the section that best suits your needs.

Association Set Provider (ASP) Architecture:
- Begin reading from 2.1 ASP Architecture to understand the ASP architecture and its components.
0xBow ASP Developments:
- 0xBow ASP Roadmap.
- View the API section for current progress of the 0xBow ASP API.
- View the Contracts section for current progress of 0xBow ASP Contracts.
Integrating a protocol with the ASP:
- To get started with integrating a protocol with the ASP, access the Protocols section.
- For technical context on protocol-level integrations, refer to 3.1 Protocol Requirements.
- To view current integrations or integration-proposal submissions, refer to the Protocol Registry section.
User onboarding:
- If you are an end-user looking to utilise the ASP or you are onboarding end-users to a platform that utilises ASP services, refer to 8.2 Interacting with Protocols
ASP to ASP Interoperability:
- If you are operating/implementing an ASP designed with specifications different to 0xBow ASP V1.0 and wish to integrate with the 0xBow ASP system, please vierw the ASP Interoperability section.
Contributors:
- To view the list of contributors to the ASP Specification, refer to the Contributors section.
Specification Version History:
- To view the version history & changelog of the ASP Specification, refer to the Version History section.

ASP Specifications v1.0.0-alpha