NFTs as Building Blocks for Ethereum’s Future
ERC-8004 highlights a growing Ethereum trend: NFTs moving beyond collectibles to power AI, DeFi, and infra for the onchain economy.
The Ethereum community got excited this week over a new proposed onchain building block: ERC-8004.
It's a technical standard for "Trustless Agents." If Ethereum is to become a world ledger for AI, better dedicated railing will be key. ERC-8004 is a step in this direction, as it would bolt an onchain trust layer onto the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol, which is stewarded by the Linux Foundation.
Basically, this standard would give agents a shared language on Ethereum, so even if they don’t know each other, they can still work together safely.
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William M. Peaster
William M. Peaster, Senior Writer, has been with Bankless since January 2021. Immersed in Ethereum since 2017, he covers the onchain frontier with a particular interest in art, games, and other culture apps. He has a background in creative writing and writes fiction in his free time.
