glossary
Genome
The fundamental digital object in Onli — the asset itself, not a record of it. Singular, possessed, and exclusively owned.
The fundamental digital object in the Onli system. A Genome is the asset itself — not a record of an asset, not a pointer to an asset, but the actual thing.
Think of a Genome like a physical $20 bill or a gold bar. There's only one of it. Whoever holds it, owns it. It can't be copied. When it moves to someone else, you no longer have it.
That's what makes a Genome revolutionary: it's a digital object that behaves like physical property. It can only exist in one place at a time, in one Vault, owned by one person.
Format: gnm-...
How it works
Every Genome is structured as a 10-helix system — ten layers of information that together define what the asset is, who owns it, and what it can do:
| Helix | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Identity | Unique ID (gnm-...) |
| Owner | Current Gene holder |
| Origin | Who created it and when |
| Genotype | What type of asset it is |
| Heredity | Full provenance chain (Hashtory) |
| Permission | Access controls |
| State | Current mutable values |
| Content | Payloads |
| Context | Metadata |
| UsePolicy | Governance rules |
This structure makes each Genome mathematically unique. The probability of two identical valid Genomes existing is essentially zero.
When a Genome needs to change hands, it moves through an atomic ownership transfer that ensures the original is destroyed when the new owner takes possession. No copies. No duplicates. Just one.