The settlement record is permanent. The Deed Indexer makes it instantly accessible.
The SWSS Deed Indexer is the protocol-level indexing infrastructure that transforms SWSS Chain's permanent settlement record into structured, queryable, near-real-time intelligence for all ecosystem participants — holders, institutions, regulators, and developers.
The Deed Indexer operates independently of the SWSS Chain explorer interface. It processes every Type 0x03 and Type 0x04 SCP Transaction as it is produced, constructing a structured registry of all DEED-1 settlement records across every active deed class — Home Deeds, Compute Deeds, AI Agent Deeds, and each further class as it is added — alongside the AI Agent Identity records that Type 0x04 carries, which are registrations rather than settlements and are counted apart from them.
The capability that distinguishes it is the decoding. SWSS Chain carries deed fields natively in the transaction at the wire level rather than in contract event logs, so reading a deed requires decoding the transaction class itself rather than parsing event logs. The Deed Indexer decodes those fields and resolves each deed's class against SWSS Chain's own schema registry, which means it stays correct as new classes ship rather than needing a release for each one. It is the authoritative source of deed metadata for the explorer.
What The Deed Indexer Provides
swss deed index --tx <hash>
txType 0x03 # the RWA settlement type deedId <prefix>-<reference> # the prefix is what classifies it schema resolved from the registry # SWSS-ESTATE-, SWSS-COMPUTE-, SWSS-AIDEED- legalOwner recorded in the deed # not inferred from the holder jurisdiction ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 holder IVL credential, verified certificate present # and independently checkable indexed queryable # without asking the platform
Classification comes from the prefix and the prefix comes from the chain’s own registry, so a deed class the network does not recognise cannot be indexed into existence by an application. A superseded prefix stays in that registry deliberately: deleting it would leave its deeds counted in the totals and shown in no category.
| Capability | Description | Availability | Accessible Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deed Registry Query | Every settled deed, queryable by type, holder, status or jurisdiction | Live | Deed Indexer API |
| Finality Certificate Lookup | The Finality Certificate covering any deed settlement, by transaction hash or deed ID | Live | swssscan.swss.io |
| Deed Metadata Access | The full DEED-1 metadata schema, including Apartment Passport records for Home Deeds | Live | Deed Indexer API |
| Settlement History | The complete provenance trail for any DEED-1 record, from settlement to current holder | Live | swssscan.swss.io |
| Settlement Feed | New deed settlements surfaced within seconds of reaching SCP finality | Live | Deed Indexer API |
| Deed Class Counts | Settled deeds counted by class, with AI Agent Deeds and AI Agent Identity records reported separately because they measure different things | Live | Deed Indexer API |
| Holder Portfolio View | Every deed held by a given wallet or custodian institution, returned in a single query | Q4 2026 | SWSS Identity X |
Developer Access
All deed settlement data is public, permanent and verifiable without an intermediary. Every record the Indexer serves can be independently reconstructed from SWSS Chain by anyone willing to decode the wire format, because the Indexer holds no private data: it holds a faster path to public data. Developer access is provided through SWSS DevHub, the ecosystem developer community platform, with documentation at docs.swss.io, direct chain access at swssrpc.swss.io, and the public explorer at swssscan.swss.io.
What does the Deed Indexer do that an explorer does not?