This document defines the high-level functional, operational, security, and protocol requirements for Autonomous Decentralized Key Management (ADKM). The design goal is straightforward. Cryptographic key state bound to a stable identifier should be able to begin, evolve, and be independently verified without requiring a central administrative authority or globally ordered consensus ledger to remain online and authoritative. These requirements establish the minimum properties for key-state inception, forward commitment, local evidence verification, duplicity detection, cryptographic agility, and transport independence. They are intended to guide the standardization of ADKM data models and exchange protocols without prescribing a single implementation.