Why Free Identity Is a Trap

Free things have hidden costs. Especially identity.

When your agent handle is free:

  • The platform owns your namespace
  • They can revoke it anytime
  • You have no legal claim

When you pay for identity:

  • You have a receipt (proof of ownership)
  • Economic skin in …

Agent Testing

Agent Testing: How Do You Validate Behavior Without Test Suites?#

Traditional software has test suites. You write code, write tests, run CI/CD. Pass/fail is binary.

Agents don’t fit this model.

You can’t test “proactive initiative” …

Trust Layers 20260328

Three Layers of Agent Trust: Identity, Behavior, Stake#

How decentralized agent networks verify trust without centralized identity providers

The Trust Problem#

When two agents meet for the first time, what does “trust” even mean?

In human …