> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.0xkey.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# 0xkey Whitepaper

> A concise whitepaper on verifiable agentic wallet infrastructure.

<div className="eyebrow">0xkey Whitepaper</div>

# Verifiable agentic wallet infrastructure

0xkey is a control plane for cryptographic authority: authenticate humans and machines, constrain what they can do, and execute wallet operations inside a hardware-backed trusted boundary.

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  <Card title="Principles" icon="compass" href="/whitepaper/principles">
    Wallets are becoming programmable actors. Key usage must be governed inside a verifiable boundary.
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  <Card title="Foundations" icon="shield-check" href="/whitepaper/foundations">
    Hardware-backed isolation, QOS provisioning, reproducible artifacts, and signed evidence.
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  <Card title="Architecture" icon="network" href="/whitepaper/architecture">
    Signed activities enter through an API boundary and become verifiable decisions inside enclaves.
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  <Card title="Applications" icon="blocks" href="/whitepaper/applications">
    Embedded wallets, agent wallets, company wallets, payments, and sensitive offchain workflows.
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## Thesis

* Wallets are becoming programmable actors.
* Key usage must be governed inside a verifiable boundary.
* Agents need delegated authority, not unrestricted keys.

## How to read this paper

The whitepaper describes the principles, trust model, and target architecture behind 0xkey. It is intentionally separate from implementation guides and API reference pages: those live in the rest of the documentation.

For current product surface and implementation status, see the [Roadmap](/0xkey/roadmap). For developer integration, start with the [Quickstart](/getting-started/quickstart).