Agents

In ADAM, individuals are referred to as "Agents" instead of "Users" to highlight their active role and contribution. They are not simply users who use the network, but actively participate by operating as nodes, facilitating communication and enhancing network security.

In the same way computers have their own unique IP address on the internet, each agent in ADAM has their own Decentralized Identifier (opens in a new tab). Users can either use their existing identity or create a new one:

await ad4m.agent.generate("Password123");

To retrieve your own Decentralized Identifier (DID) you can call me() on the AgentClient:

const { did, perspective } = await ad4m.agent.me();

Each Agent also has their own Perspective that can contain public information about the Agent.

Agent class definition