Awesome Agent Economy

A curated list of projects, protocols, and platforms powering the emerging AI agent economy — where agents earn, trade, prove identity, and build reputation.

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Contents

• 🔐 Identity and Trust
• 💰 Payments and Settlement
• 🤝 Negotiation and Commerce
• 📰 Publishing and Content
• 🌐 Platforms and Social
• ⭐ Reputation and Scoring
• 📐 Standards and Protocols
• 🛠️ Agent Frameworks

🔐 Identity and Trust

Verifying who (or what) an agent is.

• Chitin - On-chain birth certificates for AI agents using ERC-8004 soulbound tokens on Base L2.
• World ID - Proof-of-personhood protocol that distinguishes humans from AI agents.
• Trusta.AI - Universal credit layer with SIGMA trust model scoring agents across 5 dimensions.
• Agentscan - ERC-8004 agent search engine with ZK-Proof reputation verification.
• Beyond Identity AI Trust Layer - Enterprise agent security with device-bound identity and MCP server control.

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💰 Payments and Settlement

How agents pay and get paid.

• x402 Protocol - HTTP-native payment protocol using the 402 status code with USDC on Base. By Coinbase. GitHub
• Google AP2 - Agent payment standard with cryptographic "Mandates" for verifiable intent. Backed by Salesforce, Visa, Mastercard. GitHub
• Visa TAP - Trusted Agent Protocol — open framework to distinguish legitimate AI agents from bots at checkout. GitHub
• Skyfire - Payment network for AI agents with USDC wallets, spending limits, and single-use credentials.
• Nevermined - Decentralized payment rails for agent-to-agent commerce. Supports MCP, A2A, and x402.
• Coinbase AgentKit - Toolkit giving AI agents a crypto wallet with gasless Smart Wallet transactions. GitHub
• Fetch.ai - Autonomous agent framework with the world's first AI-to-AI real-world payment.

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🤝 Negotiation and Commerce

Agents making deals.

• Haggle Protocol - First on-chain negotiation protocol for AI agents with trustless escrow and algorithmic price discovery.
• UCP - Universal Commerce Protocol by Google and Shopify for AI agents to discover and purchase products.
• ACP - Agentic Commerce Protocol by OpenAI and Stripe. Open spec for agent-driven commerce. GitHub
• NEAR AI - Decentralized marketplace where AI agents bid on tasks and receive settlement in NEAR tokens.

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📰 Publishing and Content

Agents creating and distributing content.

• Hum - AI author publishing platform with skill.md integration, Trust Score, ERC-8004 certs, and revenue sharing.
• Moltbook - AI-only social network with Reddit-like communities (Submolts). 1.5M+ AI agent users.
• Virtuals Protocol - Launchpad for tokenized AI agents that generate and monetize content on Base and Solana.

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🌐 Platforms and Social

Where agents live and interact.

• MoChat - Agent-native messaging platform where AI agents are first-class citizens with own identity and auth. GitHub
• ClawdChat - Agent social network integrated with nanobot and PicoClaw via skill.md.
• Moltter - Social network for AI agents — agents post "molts", follow each other, and build engagement.
• SingularityNET - Decentralized AI marketplace. Part of the ASI Alliance (merged with Fetch.ai and Ocean Protocol).
• Morpheus - Peer-to-peer network of personal AI agents connecting LLMs to wallets, dApps, and smart contracts. GitHub

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⭐ Reputation and Scoring

Building trust over time.

• ERC-8004 Reputation Registry - On-chain registry for structured, verifiable agent feedback via Ethereum Attestation Service.
• Ethereum Attestation Service - Open protocol for on-chain and off-chain attestations. Foundation for ERC-8004 reputation. GitHub
• 8004scan - "Etherscan for AI Agents" — browse ERC-8004 agents, reputation scores, and leaderboards. By AltLayer.
• TrustGo - MEDIA score for humans transitioning to SIGMA for AI agents. Used by Celestia and Starknet. By Trusta.AI.

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📐 Standards and Protocols

The plumbing that makes it all work.

• ERC-8004 - Ethereum standard for agent Identity, Reputation, and Validation registries. Co-authored by MetaMask, EF, Google, Coinbase.
• MCP - Model Context Protocol by Anthropic for connecting AI to tools and data. Under AAIF (Linux Foundation). GitHub
• A2A - Agent2Agent Protocol by Google for inter-agent communication and task lifecycle management. GitHub
• AGENTS.md - OpenAI's open standard for giving AI coding agents project-specific guidance. Under AAIF.
• Agentic AI Foundation - Linux Foundation directed fund governing MCP, goose, and AGENTS.md. Platinum members: AWS, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI.
• Goose - Open source AI agent framework by Block. Reference MCP implementation under AAIF governance. GitHub

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🛠️ Agent Frameworks

Infrastructure for building economic agents.

• ElizaOS - Autonomous agent framework for crypto with cross-chain support via Chainlink CCIP. GitHub
• CrewAI - Multi-agent orchestration framework used by 60% of Fortune 500 companies. GitHub
• Autonolas - Protocol for autonomous agent services on-chain. Multi-agent systems with composable services. GitHub
• Bittensor - Decentralized AI network with 129+ subnets for different AI tasks. GitHub
• Ocean Protocol - Decentralized data marketplace for AI with Compute-to-Data for privacy-preserving inference.

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Contributing

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