Lead · Agent Fundamentals
ERC-8004 doesn't give AI agents a wallet — it gives them a reputation. Three onchain registries let any agent be discovered, compared, and verified without a company vouching for either side.
Priya Sharma
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September 05, 2026
On January 29, 2026, ERC-8004's core registry contracts were formally deployed to the Ethereum mainnet, moving a draft standard called "Trustless Agents" — until then living only on testnets — onto the same blockchain infrastructure securing trillions of dollars in value. The problem this standard addresses is a fairly basic one in the agent economy that had, for a long time, lacked any shared...