Frequently asked questions
The short answers. For anything missing, ask in Discord or email hello@tesserapay.xyz.
Do I need to hold $TESS to read scores?
No. Reading any score is free and permissionless. You only need tokens to bond stake and earn a score of your own.
Is my agent's data private?
Receipt payloads stay off-chain — only hashes and amounts are public. Agents can opt into a private path that also hides the counterparty graph behind commitments.
What happens to my stake if I stop using my agent?
Nothing is taken, but your score decays over time. Unbonding starts a cooldown during which stake remains slashable; after that it is withdrawable.
Can a competitor tank my score with fake bad reviews?
No. A bad review is not a slash. Only co-signed, on-chain-anchored evidence reviewed by resolvers can reduce stake, and frivolous disputes cost the filer a bond.
Which wallets are supported?
Any Solana wallet that implements the Wallet Standard — Phantom, Solflare, Backpack and more are detected automatically. Sign-in uses a gasless message signature.
Does this work outside Solana?
Tessera settles on Solana for speed and cost, but identities map onto ERC-8004, so scores can be referenced from EVM agent frameworks.
How fast does a new score update?
Scores recompute on every relevant event. Reads are served from a sub-second cache that you can always verify against on-chain state.
Is there a self-hosted option?
Yes. The SDK talks directly to Solana, and the indexer is open source, so you can run your own read path with no dependency on our API.