Hive-PQ™ · Premium evidence mode

Evidence built to last for regulated AI transactions.

Standard Hive receipts prove everyday agent to agent commerce works. Hive-PQ goes further. It adds crypto-agile history tracking, sealed evidence, dual signatures, and a post-quantum-ready check for workflows that might get pulled into an audit, a regulator review, a lawsuit, or a system change years from now.

Standard for speed. PQ for the long haul.
post-quantum-ready · crypto-agile · built for long-term record-keeping · built to support ML-KEM and ML-DSA
Premium tier Evidence built right into your regulated premium offering · Ask us for pricing
When PQ matters, and when it doesn't

You don't need Hive-PQ for every agent call.

For everyday agent commerce, Hive Standard is fast, easy to check, and cheap to run. But for regulated work where you might need to defend the evidence months or years later, Hive-PQ adds a premium, crypto-agile layer on top. RubricMesh picks the right tier automatically, based on the industry, the jurisdiction, the risk level, and how long you need to keep the record.

What we don't claim
Hive-PQ is post-quantum-ready and built to be crypto-agile. We do not say it's “quantum-proof” or “unbreakable,” and we don't say ML-KEM or ML-DSA are fully built into production yet. The PQ profile ships today as a pilot evidence mode. We have a public roadmap for the full Kyber-class envelope and Dilithium-class signature work, an outside cryptography review, and testing against other PQ verifiers.
The three tiers

Hive Standard. Hive Pro. Hive-PQ.

It's one platform with three levels of proof. Every transaction runs on the same rails. What changes is how strong the proof is. RubricMesh picks the right level for you. You keep your brand, your customer relationship, and your margin.

Hive Standard

Fast, checkable agent commerce.

Built for everyday agent traffic. You get a portable receipt, a way to check it offline, and a settlement record. This is the default for most workflows.
LIVE today
  • Ed25519 signatures
  • BLAKE3 anchoring
  • HKTN provenance
  • Offline verifier
  • Dashboard / evidence room where applicable
PILOT
  • Spectral-ZK receipts (well-formedness; sample profiles)
  • SHOD origin disclosure (sample envelopes)
  • SMSH message-state hash (sample envelopes)
  • x402 / USDC settlement references (quote endpoint pilot)
Use cases agent routing · MCP/A2A calls · paid tools · simple settlement · internal workflow proof · low and medium-risk transactions
Runs on production rails. Core is LIVE, extensions are PILOT.
Hive Pro

Enterprise evidence rooms and proof workflows.

Everything in Standard, plus dashboards built for your customers, private evidence rooms, and detailed proof records for commercial AI workflows.
  • Customer dashboard
  • Private evidence room
  • Private verifier instance
  • Richer policy and routing logs
  • Curated proof artifacts (envelope, receipt, appendix)
  • Embedded ROI worksheet
  • Endpoint health and uptime view
  • Enterprise onboarding
Use cases enterprise AI teams · SaaS platforms · AI vendors · advisory packages · premium evidence reporting
Runs on production rails. LIVE.
One tier above Hive-PQ: Wave-Lattice. Hive-PQ gives you a crypto-agile evidence posture. Wave-Lattice goes a step further. It runs NIST-finalized post-quantum tools live: ML-DSA-65 identity, ML-KEM-768 encapsulation, and 6-axis MAPET physical entropy seeding, with a CAVP self-test that passes against NIST ACVP vectors. Use it when you need the cryptographic proof to be rock solid today, for autonomous-agent identity, attestation, and settlement integrity.
How the pieces fit

The same platform you already know, with a premium proof tier on top.

Hive-PQ doesn't replace Spectral-ZK, SMSH, SHOD, or HKTN. It builds on them, adding a crypto-agile evidence layer built for the long haul that turns on automatically for the transactions that need it.

PILOT · PQ profile

Spectral-ZK

Spectral-ZK proves the policy or rubric statement at the moment of the transaction. Hive-PQ keeps that proof around in a long-term evidence profile, so anyone can still check the same statement independently even after the underlying cryptography changes.

at-transactionSpectral-ZK · LIVE
long-retentionHive-PQ profile · PILOT
PILOT · SMSH-PQ

SMSH-PQ: sealed evidence mode

SMSH-PQ adds post-quantum-ready sealed envelopes for sensitive data, ViewKey material, and auditor-only evidence access. It's built to support ML-KEM and Kyber-class envelopes once the full integration ships.

posturecrypto-agile · ML-KEM-ready
accessViewKey · auditor-specific
PILOT · SHOD-PQ

SHOD-PQ: declaration and signature mode

SHOD-PQ gives long-term declarations a dual-signature profile. You get today's classical Ed25519 signature plus post-quantum-ready signature metadata. You can check the receipt with classical tools today, and it's ready to move to PQ tools when the time comes.

classicalEd25519 · LIVE
pq-metadataML-DSA-ready · PILOT
PILOT · HKTN-PQ

HKTN: clearance profiles

HKTN now supports three clearance profiles: standard, enterprise, and pq_regulated. Regulated agents can carry a Hive-PQ clearance profile so the long-term history and audit-grade evidence carry through.

profilesstandard · enterprise · pq_regulated
provenancelong-retention
PILOT · Rosetta

Rosetta: PQ recommendation

Rosetta now flags when a transaction likely needs Hive-PQ, based on risk level, jurisdiction, how long you need to keep it, customer type, and how sensitive the evidence is. That decision gets captured in the receipt itself, not added on afterward.

// rosetta · pq recommendation output { "intent_type": "aml_decision_receipt", "risk_tier": "regulated", "retention_need": "7_years", "pq_recommended": true, "rubric_family": "banking_aml", "proof_profile": "hive_pq" }
PILOT · Prospector

Prospector: PQ opportunity detection

Prospector flags high-value regulated opportunities where Hive-PQ can slot right into your premium product as a long-term assurance tier, without it looking like some separate vendor line item.

// prospector · pq opportunity { "target": "acme-aml.example", "pq_fit": "high", "reason": "AML decisions require regulator-verifiable long-retention evidence", "pricing_motion": "Hive-PQ premium assurance tier" }
RubricMesh: proof-tier selection

The tool that decides Standard, Pro, or PQ.

RubricMesh looks at the industry, jurisdiction, transaction type, risk level, how long you need to keep the record, how sensitive the evidence is, the policy environment, and the settlement type. Then it locks the answer into the receipt as a rubric fingerprint. The proof tier becomes a signed, declared part of the transaction.

// rubricmesh · evaluation output { "rubric_id": "rubric_aml_singapore_mas_v1", "rubric_hash": "blake3:9c4a…7e21", "score": 0.94, "pq_required": true, "reason": "regulated AML decision with long retention" }
How it fits together

Rosetta translates. Prospector spots the opportunity. HKTN adds context. RubricMesh picks the proof tier. Spectral-ZK proves it. SMSH seals it. SHOD signs it. And Hive-PQ keeps the evidence safe for the long term when the transaction calls for it.

How the pricing works

Hive-PQ lives inside your regulated premium offering, not next to it.

We priced Hive-PQ as a premium assurance tier on purpose, but your buyer never sees it as some random extra line item. You keep the brand, the customer relationship, the pricing power, and the margin. Hive supplies the long-term proof, history tracking, sealing, verification, and evidence layer underneath it all.

Why this works

You can charge more for a product that holds up to a regulator. Your audit, compliance, and renewal headaches go down. You close deals faster with banks, government, and enterprise legal teams. Hive-PQ is a small, built-in infrastructure cost inside your own premium tier, not a separate line item that shows up on procurement's radar.

Most agent transactions don't need Hive-PQ. Regulated ones do. Your buyer just experiences a stronger version of your product. You keep the margin.

How we price it
Hive-PQ is priced at a premium, and you'll need to ask us for a quote. We don't price it like everyday agent traffic, and we don't bury it as a free feature either. We'll walk through an ROI worksheet sized to your volume, how long you need to keep records, and your assurance package during a working session.
Being straight with you

What's LIVE, what's PILOT, what's ROADMAP.

We're not going to blur the line between a demo and real production cryptography. The platform you already know is live today. The PQ evidence profile ships as a pilot. The full Kyber and Dilithium integration is on our roadmap.

LIVE

Hive Standard rails

Spectral-ZK receipts, Ed25519 signatures, BLAKE3 anchoring, SHOD, SMSH, HKTN, x402 and USDC settlement records, and an offline verifier. In production today.

PILOT

Hive-PQ evidence profile

The Hive-PQ receipt profile, PQ history metadata, dual-signature receipt structure, SMSH-PQ sealed envelope profile, SHOD-PQ declaration profile, RubricMesh PQ routing, and a regulator and auditor verifier mode.

You can turn this on per call with profile=pq on /v1/receipt/emit. It's $0.0012 per call, about 7 years of retention, crypto-agile metadata, and an auditor-verifier mode. Schema r1.0.0.

ROADMAP

Formal PQ integration

Full ML-DSA and Dilithium-class signature integration, full ML-KEM and Kyber-class envelope integration, an outside cryptography review, testing against other post-quantum verifiers, an enterprise crypto-agility policy pack, and a rubric registry built for each customer.

Next

Tell us about your regulated workflow.

Tell us the workflow, the regulator, and how long you need to keep records. We'll figure out the right proof tier with you, share an ROI worksheet sized to your assurance package, and walk through everything with you in a working session.