Research
Field notes for the agent economy
Short, opinionated notes on how autonomous agents transact — payments, compute, staking, and onchain settlement with $TOKE.
Agent EconomyJuly 12, 202612 min read
How AI agents will pay for work
Why autonomous agents need their own programmable settlement rails, built for machine-speed transactions.
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Compute9 min read
Settling compute access for autonomous agents
How agents buy inference and GPU time — and why the settlement layer is the real chokepoint.
Accountability15 min read
Staking, escrow, and trust for agent execution
Designing collateral and reputation so agents can be held accountable for the work they deliver.
Workflows8 min read
From agent workflows to onchain settlement
Turning multi-step agent execution into verifiable, escrow-backed payments.
Utility10 min read
Why utility-backed tokens outlast the narrative
The case for a legible, function-first token over speculative positioning in the agent economy.
Robinhood11 min read
A Robinhood-native rail for the autonomous economy
How a recognizable consumer ecosystem lowers the barrier to the agent economy narrative.