ERC-8004 Trustless AI Agent Standard May Launch on Ethereum Mainnet This Thursday

Odaily News According to a developer Telegram group message from Marco De Rossi, Head of MetaMask AI, the ERC-8004 smart contract standard for enabling trustless AI Agent communication on Ethereum may be officially deployed to the Ethereum mainnet this Thursday. De Rossi stated that further development of ERC-8004 has been "frozen," with a planned mainnet launch in the middle of this week (most likely Thursday at 9 AM Eastern Time). The official Ethereum X account later confirmed that the protocol will go live on the mainnet "soon."

ERC-8004 (Ethereum Request for Comment) proposes a standardized method for registering and verifying AI Agents on-chain, which developers can directly integrate into smart contracts without requiring an upgrade to the Ethereum network itself. This standard aims to address two core issues in the AI Agent economy: first, how to discover AI Agents in an open environment, and second, how to assess their trustworthiness. By introducing a portable reputation and discovery mechanism, ERC-8004 allows AI Agents across organizations to interact without pre-established trust, thereby supporting an open Agent economy.

Davide Crapis, Head of AI at the Ethereum Foundation, stated that Ethereum is uniquely positioned to become a platform that "secures and settles AI-to-AI interactions." Developers also revealed that the standard will support Ethereum Layer 2 networks like Base in the future. With the launch of ERC-8004, AI Agents are expected to evolve from isolated tools into on-chain participants with autonomous economic behavior, laying the foundation for a decentralized AI services market. (Cointelegraph)