glossary
Title
A genotype for digital assets that represent authority over something else — like a deed to a house.
A type of Genome that represents authority over something else. Owning the Title gives you the right to control a payload stored in a Crypt.
Think of a deed to a house. The deed is a document. The house is a separate physical thing. But whoever holds the deed has authority over the house. That's exactly how a Title works in Onli: the Title Genome and the payload it controls are architecturally separate objects.
This is one of the five genotypes in the Onli system, under the Authority kind of ownership.
How it works
A Title Genome is bound to a Crypt — a sealed, encrypted container holding the actual payload (a document, a contract, a digital key, etc.). The Title holder is the only person who can authorize opening the Crypt. And opening a Crypt destroys it — it can only be opened once.
When the Title changes hands, authority over the Crypt changes hands too. The new Title holder now controls the payload.
Examples: IP rights, legal contracts, wrapped financial assets, property deeds, any scenario where owning a document means controlling something external.
What makes it unique: The separation between the title and the payload. This mirrors how ownership works in the real world — the deed is not the house, but it controls the house.
Related terms
- Genotype — the classification system for Genomes
- Crypt — the sealed container that a Title controls
- Manifest — the public metadata on a Crypt
- The Five Genotypes — full explanation of all five types