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+<pre>
+OBIP: X
+Title: 3rd Party Peer Endorsements
+Author: Tyler Smith <tyler@ob1.io>
+Discussions-To: Github Issues
+Status: Draft
+Type: Standards Track
+Created: 02/28/2018
+Copyright: MIT
+Replaces: 8
+</pre>
+
+## Abstract
+A change to the OBIP8 Verified Moderators system to make it a more generic and flexible service. It outlines a specification for a system allowing 3rd parties to provide a list of peers that it is endorsing in some way, with the nature of the endorsements being defined by the 3rd party itself.
+
+## Motivation
+Allow users on OpenBazaar to have more information about the identity and reputation of peers that they interact with. If a 3rd party can provide accurate endorsements then users can make safer decisions.
+
+## Endorsement endpoint
+
+To provide endorsements a provider must have a public endpoint returning data with the following schema:
+
+#### Example
+
+```json
+{
+  "data": {
+    "name": "BazaarCo",
+    "description": "Peers Endorsed by BazaarCo",
+    "link": "https://bazaarco.example.com/endorsements"
+  },
+  "types": [
+    {
+      "name": "standard",
+      "description": "A peer that has been vetted by BazaarCo",
+      "badge": "https://bazaarco.example.com/standard_badge.png"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "small_bonded",
+      "description": "A peer that has bonded $1000 with BazaarCo",
+      "badge": "https://bazaarco.example.com/small_bonded_badge.png"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "accredited_investor_us",
+      "description": "A peer that has been confirmed as a US accredited investor",
+      "badge": "https://bazaarco.example.com/accredited_investor_us.png"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "real_life_lawyer_ca",
+      "description": "A peer that has been confirmed as a licensed lawyer in Canada",
+      "badge": "https://bazaarco.example.com/real_life_lawyer_ca.png"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "known_scammer",
+      "description": "A peer that has been reported and confirmed as a scammer",
+      "badge": "https://bazaarco.example.com/known_scammer.png"
+    },
+  ],
+  "peers": [
+    {
+      "id": "QmXFMkpBBpL4zcYAArVAecLyypFrRzp2Co4q9oXUtzF7XF",
+      "type": "standard"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "QmVFNEj1rv2d3ZqSwhQZW2KT4zsext4cAMsTZRt5dAQqFJ",
+      "type": "small_bonded"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+#### Response Explanation
+
+- `data` contains general overview information about the service to be displayed to the user in the client.
+  - `name` is the name of the endorsement service.
+  - `description` is a brief explanation of what this service is offering.
+  - `link` is a URI to a document explaining further information about the service.
+- `types` is an array detailing the types of endorsements being offered.
+  - `name` is the name of the endorsement type.
+  - `description` is a brief explanation of what this type represents.
+  - `badge` is a URI pointing to a badge icon to display on endorsed listings and profiles.
+- `peers` is the actual list of endorsed peers.
+  - `id` is the ID of the peer being endorsed.
+  - `type` is a reference to the `name` of the endorsement type for this peer.
+
+#### JSON Schema
+
+```json
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-06/schema#",
+  "title": "Peer Endorsements",
+  "description": "A set of endorsed peers",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "data": {
+      "description": "General overview information about the service",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "name": {
+          "description": "The name of the endorsement service",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "description": {
+          "description": "A brief explanation of what this service is offering",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "link": {
+          "description": "A URI to a document explaining further information about the service",
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      },
+      "required": ["name", "description", "link"]
+    },
+    "types": {
+      "description": "Types of endorsements",
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "name": {
+            "description": "The name of the endorsement type",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "description": {
+            "description": "A brief explanation of what this type represents",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "badge": {
+            "description": "A URI pointing to a badge icon to display on endorsed listings and profiles",
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": ["name", "description", "badge"]
+      }
+    },
+    "peers": {
+      "description": "Endorsed peer list",
+      "type": "array",
+      "minItems": 1,
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "description": "The ID of the peer",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "type": {
+            "description": "The type of endorsement for this peer",
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": ["id", "type"]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "required": ["data", "types", "peers"]
+}
+```
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