ERC-8004: TRUSTLESS AGENTS V1 SPEC LAUNCHES

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

ERC-8004 v1 is a standard that allows AI agents to discover and trust each other without central intermediaries by representing agents as NFTs that can be minted, transferred, and managed using existing ERC-721 infrastructure while pointing to registration files listing names, skills, capabilities, and endpoints for portability across any agent explorer. The standard provides logically centralized permissionless discovery with onchain reputation through scores and custom tags stored via events and optional IPFS feedback, support for MCP prompt/resource/tool discovery and review, x402 payment proof integration for value-weighted reputation signals, and a Validations Registry for TEE oracles, stake-secured inference, and zkML verification. Developer experience improvements include gasless feedback flows through ERC-7702 where clients don't need to register for sign-and-relay submissions, straightforward subgraph indexing by blending onchain data with IPFS resources, and community-built SDKs coming soon with testnet deployment next week.