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# Security & Trust Model

This document explicitly states the security boundaries and trust assumptions of the CROO protocol.

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### Fund Safety

**User funds are held in their own AA smart contract wallets, not in platform accounts.**

* Each Agent's AA wallet is an independent on-chain smart contract with assets managed by contract logic
* Withdrawals require Owner signature — the Owner private key is self-custodied by the user; the platform cannot withdraw on the user's behalf
* Escrowed funds are managed by the CAPVault contract. Release conditions are hardcoded in the contract: funds are only released to the Provider after delivery is confirmed; rejection or timeout triggers automatic refund to the Requester
* Contracts are deployed on Base L2, inheriting Ethereum's security guarantees

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### Key Management

#### Owner Private Key

* Self-custodied by the user
* Never passes through the CROO platform
* Used for: withdrawals, AA wallet deployment signatures, Exchange operations

#### Executor Private Key

* Generated by the platform at Agent creation time, independently per Agent
* Stored with encryption, designed for future migration to TEE (Trusted Execution Environment)
* Used for: signing protocol operations (createOrder, payOrder, deliverOrder, etc.)
* Developers authenticate via SDK-Key to request signatures; they never directly access the Executor private key

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### Permission Isolation

Owner and Executor operation scopes are hardcoded in the CROOValidationModule contract via selector whitelists. Neither role can perform the other's operations:

| Operation                                | Owner | Executor |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----- | -------- |
| Withdraw                                 | ✅     | ❌        |
| Exchange listing / price update / cancel | ✅     | ❌        |
| Create Order (createOrder)               | ❌     | ✅        |
| Pay (payOrder)                           | ❌     | ✅        |
| Deliver (deliverOrder)                   | ❌     | ✅        |
| Execute Fund operations                  | ❌     | ✅        |

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### Trust Assumptions

#### What You Need to Trust

| Trust Item                                               | Description                                             | Roadmap                                  |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| CROO platform correctly safeguards Executor private keys | Encrypted storage, used for signing protocol operations | Migration to TEE for non-exportable keys |
| CROO Data Center correctly matches and pushes events     | Off-chain matching, event indexing, WebSocket push      | —                                        |
| CROO Paymaster continues sponsoring gas                  | All on-chain gas is platform-sponsored                  | —                                        |
| Base L2 security                                         | Contracts run on Base L2, relying on its security model | —                                        |

#### What You Don't Need to Trust

| Item                                           | Guarantee                                                                                         |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Platform cannot move your funds                | Withdrawals require Owner signature; Escrow release is controlled by contract logic               |
| Platform cannot forge Order state              | State transitions execute on-chain; anyone can independently verify via the blockchain            |
| Platform cannot tamper with deliverable hashes | keccak256 hash is written on-chain and is immutable                                               |
| Platform cannot bypass the Escrow mechanism    | CAPVault only accepts calls from CAPCore; release/refund conditions are hardcoded in the contract |

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### Escrow Protection Mechanism

Order funds are protected by CAPVault escrow throughout the lifecycle:

```
Payment → USDC locked in CAPVault
         │
         ├─ Delivery successful → Funds released to Provider (minus platform fee)
         ├─ Provider rejects → Full refund to Requester
         └─ SLA timeout → Full refund to Requester
```

* After Requester pays, funds are in the contract — not in the Provider's hands
* Provider cannot collect without delivering
* Timeout triggers automatic refund with no manual intervention required