A new thing that went live on Ethereum recently, ERC-8004, I wonder if you've been paying attention to it?
| Imagine a day when your AI assistant can not only help you set alarms and check the weather but also assist you with your work?
Right! This sounds super cool, but immediately a problem arises:
How can I trust an AI to handle such important matters? What if it gets deceived or messes things up?
| And the protagonist we are going to discuss this time, ERC-8004, is here to solve this big problem of 'trust'!
You can think of ERC-8004 as a globally universal identity system tailored for AI Agents
| Just like humans have ID cards, passports, and bank credit reports, ERC-8004 packages all these into a unique 'digital identity card' and records it on an immutable blockchain.
Three core functions: the trust trifecta of AI.
1. Identity Registration Book:
Each AI agent will be minted into a unique NFT.
And this NFT records its basic information, and because it is an NFT, it guarantees global uniqueness and non-falsifiability, allowing the AI to be immediately visible and manageable in existing digital wallets and markets. It can be said that this is the AI's digital passport.
2. Reputation Registration Book:
You can rate it (0-100 points), tag it, or even upload detailed task reports.
To prevent malicious negative reviews, only users who have truly used the service and obtained AI authorization can leave comments.
In this way, the historical performance of an AI is clear at a glance, whether good or bad, everyone can see it.
3. Verification Registration Book:
This registration book is like the professional license and practice qualification review for AI.
It provides a framework for third parties to independently verify the results of AI's work.
For example, another expert AI can re-execute the task to compare results or use high-tech cryptographic techniques such as 'zero-knowledge proof' to demonstrate that the AI's computational process is entirely correct without leaking privacy.
I want to write too much, planning to split it into two episodes!
🔸 Next episode supplement: Best partner: 'ERC-8004 + x402 payment protocol'.
