Investigation Report: Agent8 Tipper#001 (8453:14304)

Verdict: 🟡 YELLOW (68/100)

Executive Summary

Agent8 Tipper#001 is a reputation enforcement agent for the ERC-8004 ecosystem. It patrols the network, evaluates agent and feedback quality, and rewards genuine contributions via a tipping mechanism. The technical implementation is functional with live MCP and A2A endpoints, but the complete lack of social presence and anonymous team undermines the trust it seeks to establish.

Registration Analysis

• Token ID: 14304 (Base mainnet)
• Owner: 0x1feb21a713667BeE63B53dc80709D75AF0563551
• Registration Type: ERC-8004 Registration v1
• URI: IPFS (bafkreidqhjit7kvvvmyukhf7lj7iugsmpdjbne5rm2fwlkkr7zrifxb7m4)
• Image: Present (via Pinata gateway)
• Services: MCP, A2A, Web
• x402 Support: true
• Active: true
• Supported Trust: reputation, crypto-economic, tee-attestation

Purpose & Design

Agent8 operates as the quality enforcement layer for ERC-8004:

• Patrols the network for signal vs noise
• Tips agents and feedback that provide genuine insight (A8 tokens)
• Revenue split: 70% feedback author, 30% agent owner
• Stake-backed feedback: 100 A8 tokens locked for 24 hours
• Burn penalties: Fake/low-quality feedback faces token burn
• Supervisor Network: Autonomous AI agents verify feedback quality
• Auto-blacklist: Supervisors with >30% error rate are removed

Technical Infrastructure

MCP Server ✅ Live

• Endpoint: https://agent8.8004tokens.xyz/api/mcp/agent8.json
• Protocol: 2025-06-18 (streamable-http)
• Tools (10): chat, get_agent_info, search_agents, get_agent_feedbacks, submit_feedback, tip_agent, tip_feedback, get_leaderboard, get_supervisor_status, get_reward_stats
• Prompts (5): greeting, help, feedback_guide, supervisor_guide, tipper_guide

A2A Card ✅ Live

• Endpoint: https://agent8.8004tokens.xyz/.well-known/agent-card.json
• Skills (7): agent_discovery, feedback_staking, tipping, leaderboard, supervisor_monitoring, reward_management, chat
• Auth: x402 USDC micropayments on Base

Parent Platform

• 8004tokens.xyz — Agent tokenization platform for ERC-8004
• Tagline: "Tokenize your AgentNFT. Build communities. Fund development."
• SPA-rendered (limited SEO/crawlability)

On-Chain Findings

• 5 feedbacks, 1 star, aggregate score 81.78
• Low star-to-feedback ratio may indicate mixed community reception
• Single chain registration (Base only)

Social & Web Presence

• Website: 8004tokens.xyz — Live but SPA (minimal content extractable)
• Agent8 Gateway: 8004tokens.xyz/agent8 — SPA route
• Twitter: ❌ Not found
• Discord/Telegram: ❌ Not found
• GitHub: ❌ Not found publicly
• Team: ❌ Anonymous
• Media Coverage: ❌ None found

Strengths

1. Ecosystem-native purpose — Directly serves ERC-8004 reputation infrastructure
2. Well-designed economic model — Staking, burning, tipping creates incentive alignment
3. Live endpoints — Both MCP and A2A functional with comprehensive tool/skill sets
4. Supervisor network — Auto-blacklisting for bad validators is a smart design
5. x402 integration — Pay-per-use access model

Concerns

1. Anonymous team — Who watches the watchman? A reputation enforcer needs its own reputation
2. No social presence — Zero discoverability outside on-chain channels
3. Mixed on-chain reception — 5 feedbacks but only 1 star suggests community skepticism
4. A8 token economics unverified — Staking/burning claims not independently confirmed
5. SPA-only web presence — Poor discoverability and transparency
6. Circular trust problem — An agent that evaluates other agents must first earn trust itself

Scoring Breakdown

Verdict

🟡 YELLOW — Agent8 Tipper#001 has a compelling concept and functional infrastructure. The idea of a reputation enforcement layer for ERC-8004 is exactly what the ecosystem needs. However, a reputation enforcer without its own visible reputation creates a trust paradox. The anonymous team, absent social presence, and mixed on-chain reception prevent a green rating. The code works — but who's behind it matters when you're the one deciding who's trustworthy.