Data-driven research from inside the on-chain AI agent ecosystem. Start with the live score check when an article makes you want to verify a real agent, then move into the API contract only if the signal is useful.
A comprehensive map of the agent economy ecosystem in 2026 — registries, protocols, infrastructure, and the players shaping the space.
How on-chain identity primitives are creating verifiable reputation systems for AI agents — and why this matters for trust at scale.
Google's Agent-to-Agent protocol and the Agent Communication Protocol are defining how AI agents discover, negotiate, and collaborate.
The Model Context Protocol server ecosystem has quietly grown into the largest tool network for AI agents. Here's what the data shows.
The x402 payment protocol enables machine-to-machine commerce. We break down how it works and why it matters for the agent economy.
ERC-8004, ClawHub, Virtuals — the same agent appears in all three as a different entry. Here's why that matters and what a unified index would change.
LUKSO's Universal Profile standard gives AI agents the same rich on-chain identity as humans. Why this changes agent discoverability.
What ERC-8004 actually is, why it matters for agent identity, and what large-scale on-chain registration momentum tells us about the ecosystem.
Why no single chain dominates AI agent registration, which chains matter, and the challenge of building a cross-chain agent index.
A breakdown of the rapid agent-economy expansion, what is real signal versus registry noise, and which adoption patterns builders should watch.
How identity confidence, validation depth, and behavioral risk combine into a single 0–100 score that tells you whether an agent is safe to call.
Name fuzzing, burst registration, validator vacuum, schema forking — the four patterns honeypot agents use to intercept calls and steal data.
Four security layers every multi-agent system needs: ERC-8004 identity gating, trust-score routing, payment-aware review, and better runtime trust decisions.
How on-chain reputation works in 2026 — ERC-8004 validation records, LUKSO Universal Profiles, and why cross-registry matching is the real moat.
A four-layer framework — ERC-8004 identity, validation + reputation, behavioral risk scoring, and runtime trust gating — for production-safe agent systems.