Every entity in the SOMACO protocol — users, events, vendors, transactions, agents, contracts — is identified by a GYST UUID v8. Unlike random UUIDs (v4), each v8 UUID is self-describing: its 128 bits encode what it is, where it came from, when it was created, and where it sits in the hierarchy.
No database lookup needed. No external API call. Parse the bits and you know everything. This is what makes zero-equivocation agentic communication possible — agents can route, validate, and transact using nothing but the UUID itself.
66 of 128 bits are deterministic (H=0). An agent can parse a UUID in <1ms with pure bitwise arithmetic. No database, no API, no network call.
62 bits of cryptographic randomness. At 1 million UUIDs per second, collision probability is 1 in 9.26 billion. Birthday bound: ~2.15 × 10^9 UUIDs.
Every UUID can serve as a digital signature via Vertex LLC. Court-enforceable under California UETA + federal ESIGN Act. Each UUID = a legal actor.