On January 30, Ethereum Foundation AI lead Davide Crapis announced via Twitter that ERC-8004 is officially live on Ethereum mainnet. The standard provides a unified interoperability framework for different AI agents, allowing discovery, selection, authentication, credibility assessment, and secure interaction even among agents with no prior trust.
Singleton Deployment and Layer2 Expansion
The team plans to deploy ERC-8004 as a singleton across all major Layer2 solutions in the coming weeks to ensure operability and consistency in multi-chain environments. Key interaction behaviors are recorded on-chain via smart contracts, enhancing system transparency and security.
AI Agents’ Role in the Blockchain Ecosystem
The ERC-8004 launch marks a substantial step for Ethereum in supporting decentralized AI services. Different organizations and applications can interoperate without prior trust, providing foundational infrastructure for the AI services market. On-chain smart contracts also enable verification of agent actions, transaction records, and payments, supplying data support for future compliance and security management.
Trustformer KYT’s Value in Application Scenarios
With this new standard, Trustformer KYT can assist platforms and institutions in tracking AI agent interactions and payments on-chain. It ensures transparent fund flows and identifies anomalous behaviors, providing stronger security guarantees for the decentralized application ecosystem.
Market Outlook
As ERC-8004 expands on mainnet and across major Layer2s, AI agent applications will grow, particularly in decentralized finance, data trading, and automated smart contract execution. The industry generally views standardized interoperability and on-chain credibility verification as core drivers of the AI agent ecosystem’s development.