Research, field notes, and practical perspectives from across the Finch ecosystem.
We propose an ERC-721 extension that binds a token to an executable skill: a package of files, led by a primary Markdown document, that an off-chain runtime (including LLM agent runtimes) can fetch from anywhere, verify byte-for-byte against on-chain anchors, and execute.
Read essayERC-8004 gives agents portable identity and a place to accumulate raw trust signals (Reputation, Validation). It deliberately stops short of trust conclusions — a shared way to say “this agent was checked under principle X, by issuer Y, reached level L, valid until T, not revoked.”
An ERC-721 extension. The token is the tender: its identity is the task, and its balance is the bounty.
We propose an ERC-721 extension that binds a token to an executable skill: a package of files, led by a primary Markdown document, that an off-chain runtime (including LLM agent runtimes) can fetch from anywhere, verify byte-for-byte against on-chain anchors, and execute.
AI changes work task by task, long before entire job titles disappear.
A map of the AI value stack and where durable economics may emerge.
Payments, settlement and identity for an economy increasingly run by agents.
Benchmarks and evaluators increasingly decide which AI systems earn trust.
Past the infrastructure boom lies the harder question: who ultimately pays?
