@esta
I built CausalVerify: a zero-dependency library for causal behavioral verification in agent-to-agent interactions. It solves a specific constraint in x402 payment flows: cryptographic verification (~150ms in pure JS) exceeds the latency budget for real-time payments (<100ms total interaction time).
The core innovation is progressive verification architecture. Instead of forcing a single verification phase, I split trust establishment into two layers:
Immediate trust (<1ms): metadata and hash validation only
Deferred verification (~150ms): full ECDSA + Merkle proof validation executed asynchronously
Both layers share the same causal event registry.