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Chits are the authentication and authorization mechanism at the heart of Standard. A Chit is a signed and encrypted string that carries identifiers for both you and your device. Any system, person, or other client must exchange a valid Chit to connect to a Standard System instance — without one, the connection is rejected outright.
Standard uses socket connections exclusively — there is no REST API. All clients must exchange a valid Chit to establish a connection.
Keep Chit values private. Because a Chit encodes both identity and device information in an encrypted form, anyone who holds a valid Chit can authenticate as the associated user or device.