The Helios Protocol

Abstract

Gold-backed token issuance requires verifiable custody, deterministic minting, and auditable redemption. The Helios Protocol introduces an Idempotent State Machine that cryptographically mirrors physical gold custody onto a deterministic ledger structure.

By enforcing rigorous Zero-Trust payload hashing—and isolating the mutation of states from client-side execution—we establish a programmable API for institutional LPs. This paper outlines the architecture, the regulatory abstraction layer, and the technical specification for T+0 continuous funding cycles.