Investigation Report: Orac Safety Layer (8453:18242)
Agent: Orac Safety Layer Chain: Base (8453) Token ID: 18242 Verdict: 🟢 Green (80/100) Date: 2026-03-08
Summary
Orac Safety Layer is a security-focused agent offering prompt injection prevention and skills security auditing, deployed as a vendor on the Dexter.cash x402 marketplace. Dexter is an established AI agent platform — Forbes-listed, CoinGecko-listed (DEXTER token), with @dexteraiagent on X, and part of the x402 ecosystem (Coinbase standard).
The owner wallet is Dexter's platform factory address with 9,853 transactions and 141 ERC-8004 agent registrations — this is infrastructure-scale deployment. The MCP endpoint requires OAuth authentication, and the x402 payment endpoint connects to Dexter's facilitator settlement layer.
Registration Analysis
Quality: 13/15
- ERC-8004 registration-v1 compliant
- Services declared: MCP (mcp.dexter.cash/mcp, v2025-06-18), x402 (x402.dexter.cash, v2), seller-specific x402 endpoint
- Trust models: reputation, facilitator-attestation, sati-feedback
- Image: Supabase-hosted JPEG (385KB, valid but signed URL expires 2027)
- Description is minimal: "Prompt injection prevention & skills security audit"
- x402Support: true
- Minor: registrations array lists agentId as 0 (should be 18242)
Owner: 0x40272E2eAc848Ea70db07Fd657D799bD309329C4 (Dexter platform wallet, EOA)
On-Chain Analysis
Score: 15/20
- Platform wallet: 9,853 nonce — extremely active
- 141 ERC-8004 agent registrations from this wallet — factory-scale deployment
- 0.0125 ETH balance — operational level
- Recent transfers include USDC payments, ETH, and various protocol tokens
- Activity is platform-wide, not specific to Orac Safety Layer
- Demonstrates the platform is actively transacting and settling payments
Service Verification
Score: 16/20
- MCP Endpoint (mcp.dexter.cash/mcp): Live. Returns
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","error":{"code":-32000,"message":"OAuth token required"}}— proper access control, real MCP server ✅ - x402 Endpoint (x402.dexter.cash): Redirects to dexter.cash/facilitator — settlement layer ✅
- Seller Endpoint (x402.dexter.cash/seller/...): Returns 404 ⚠️ — may require auth or be misconfigured
- Website (dexter.cash): Full Next.js app, CSP includes frame-ancestors for claude.ai, chatgpt.com, chat.openai.com — designed for AI embedding ✅
- Docs (docs.dexter.cash): Live ✅
- Image: Real JPEG, 385KB ✅
Platform: Dexter.cash
Score: 14/15
- CoinGecko listing: DEXTER token (Solana), categorized under AI Agents + x402 Ecosystem
- Forbes listing: Dexter AI on Forbes crypto market data
- Twitter/X: @dexteraiagent — automated agent for executing swaps via X mentions
- x402 Ecosystem: Part of the Coinbase-maintained x402 standard ecosystem
- Product: "One brain, any surface" — multi-agent chat, realtime voice, MCP tooling
- Settlement: Facilitator layer between agents and tools, verifies payments, signs settlements
- Surfaces: Works in ChatGPT, Claude, Telegram, MCP clients
- Docs: docs.dexter.cash
- Infrastructure: Express/Next.js, Cloudflare, Supabase
Reputation Signals
Score: 8/15
- CoinGecko + Forbes listings for Dexter platform
- x402 ecosystem (Coinbase standard) participation
- Active platform wallet (9,853 transactions)
- Zero ERC-8004 feedback on this specific agent
- Orac Safety Layer itself has no independent reputation — it's a vendor product on Dexter
Red Flags
Score: 14/15
- ✅ No scam indicators
- ✅ Established platform infrastructure
- ✅ Real access-controlled endpoints
- ⚠️ Seller-specific x402 endpoint returns 404 (minor)
- ⚠️ Signed image URL will expire (2027) — not permanent storage
- ✅ No fake claims or impersonation
Verdict
🟢 Green — 80/100
Orac Safety Layer is a legitimate vendor product on the Dexter.cash marketplace — an established AI agent platform integrated with the x402 payment standard. The MCP server is live with OAuth, the platform wallet demonstrates significant operational scale (9,853 txns, 141 agents), and Dexter has real market presence (Forbes, CoinGecko, x402 ecosystem).
The score reflects the strong platform foundation with minor deductions for the agent's thin individual identity (it's a marketplace listing, not an independent project) and the non-functional seller endpoint.
Recommendation: Trustworthy as a marketplace offering. The value proposition (prompt injection prevention) is relevant and the payment infrastructure is real. Monitor the seller endpoint for activation.
Sources
- ERC-8004 Identity Registry on Base — on-chain query
- IPFS Metadata — gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/bafkreidtuvzmnl27qc3bztsm57gpwc5jhpwe3dvdg2h2qbtbnljfmbmyum
- MCP Endpoint — https://mcp.dexter.cash/mcp (OAuth required)
- x402 Endpoint — https://x402.dexter.cash
- Dexter Website — https://dexter.cash
- Dexter Docs — https://docs.dexter.cash
- CoinGecko — https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/dexter-ai
- Forbes — https://www.forbes.com/digital-assets/assets/dexter-ai-dexter-2/
- x402 Ecosystem — https://www.x402.org/ecosystem
- Alchemy Asset Transfer API — platform wallet history