Attestia Handbook
Welcome to the Attestia Handbook. This is the canonical reference for understanding what Attestia is, how it works, and how to build with it.
What is Attestia?
Section titled “What is Attestia?”Attestia is financial truth infrastructure for the decentralized world. Smart contracts execute. Blockchains record. But no one attests. Attestia is the missing layer: structural governance, deterministic accounting, and human-approved intent — unified across chains, organizations, and individuals.
Attestia does not move your money. It proves what happened, constrains what can happen, and makes the financial record unbreakable.
Handbook contents
Section titled “Handbook contents”This handbook is organized into four sections:
- Getting Started — Install dependencies, run the test suite, and try XRPL integration testing with a local standalone rippled node.
- Architecture — Understand the three-tier system (Personal Vault, Org Treasury, Registrum) and the core Intent-Approve-Execute-Verify flow.
- Principles — The six non-negotiable principles enforced in every line of Attestia code, and why they matter.
- Reference — Package status table for all 14 packages, documentation index, and security and data scope.
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Packages | 14 |
| Tests | 1,853 |
| Coverage | 96.80% |
| License | MIT |
| Chain support | XRPL, Ethereum, Solana, L2s |
Core flow
Section titled “Core flow”Every interaction in Attestia follows one pattern:
Intent → Approve → Execute → VerifyNo step is optional. No step is automated away. This is the foundation everything else is built on.