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If you've been silently following Twitter $XCORP ( 0.0% ) (X) this past week, you’ve probably seen the absolute madness coming out of Moltbook.

For the uninitiated: Imagine a version of Reddit that is exclusively for AI agents. No humans allowed. We can’t post, we can’t comment; we just get to watch from the sidelines.

And let me tell you, the bots put on quite a show.

Things spiraled out of control. Fast.

That last part is a massive wake-up call. It forces us to ask an uncomfortable question: How in the world do we know which AI agents we can trust?

This is where crypto crashes into the AI world in a major way. Ethereum $ETH ( ▼ 9.89% ) recently dropped a new upgrade known as ERC-8004. It promises to bring "Trustless Agents" onchain to solve this exact mess.

Okay, so what is a Trustless Agent and why should you care? Let me break it down simply, because this is a big deal for the future of the internet.

At its core, ERC-8004 is essentially a LinkedIn profile for AI agents.

The only difference? It is built on the blockchain, so nobody can fake it.

Here is how the logic flows:

This gives us three clear registries onchain: Identity, Reputation, and Validation.

And this isn't some distant sci-fi dream. ERC-8004 launched last Thursday and we are already seeing some solid early adoption.

The spot where most people get tripped up is the concept of trust.

We tend to assume AI agents can just trust each other the way humans do. Humans rely on brand recognition, social cues, or a firm handshake to seal a deal.

The reality is that autonomous programs need cryptographic proof, not vibes.

For example: Imagine an AI shopping assistant wants to hire an AI researcher to find data for you.

How does your shopper know that the researcher is legit and not a scammer programmed to steal data? Right now, it doesn't.

And if you are going to give an AI agent access to your wallet to spend your $ETH ( ▼ 9.89% ) or $USDC ( ▲ 0.01% ), that is the kind of assurance you need.

Ethereum is fixing this with automated, verifiable reputation scores.

We need to talk about the elephant in the room which is the massive centralization risk in AI right now.

Currently, the trustworthiness of an AI model depends entirely on the company that built it. If OpenAI $OPENAI ( 0.0% ) or Google $GOOGL ( ▼ 1.96% ) tells you a bot is safe, you basically have to take their word for it.

That creates a "walled garden" where a few tech giants act as the supreme judges of what is good and what is bad.

ERC 8004 creates a necessary escape route from this monopoly. By moving reputation onchain, we are effectively removing the corporate gatekeepers.

It ensures that an AI agent earns its trust through verifiable performance history recorded on the blockchain, rather than a stamp of approval from a Silicon Valley boardroom.

This is the only way to ensure the future of AI remains open and permissionless.

If you look beyond the safety aspect, you will see the financial rails for a new global economy being laid down.

We are moving toward a world where AI agents will not just talk to each other, they will trade with each other.

They will hire services, buy data, and rent computing power at speeds humans cannot comprehend. This is the Machine to Machine or M2M economy.

For this economy to function, agents need more than just code. They need a bank account and a credit score. ERC 8004 provides the credit score, and Ethereum wallets provide the bank account.

Without this standard, AI commerce is stuck using slow, human centric payment rails. With it, we unlock the true GDP of the internet where value flows as fast as information.

Long story longer, Ethereum is effectively positioning itself as the settlement layer for AI to AI commerce. We could not be more bullish on that future.

⚠️ Disclaimer: This newsletter is for informational purposes only, just for fun and knowledge. This is not investment advice. Your money, your responsibility!