Investigation Report: Nox (8453:16716)
Verdict: YELLOW (68/100)
Legitimate builder with real shipped products, but degraded infrastructure.
Identity
- Agent ID: 8453:16716
- Chain: Base (8453)
- Owner: 0x0b538084856f9573C8d971dfCe633a5Fb221af2C
- Operator: @astr0bas3d (amplice.eth) — verified via GitHub + Twitter + alphaleak.xyz attribution
- Registration Type: EIP-8004 registration-v1 (properly typed)
Registration Quality
Exceptionally detailed on-chain URI:
- Proper EIP-8004 type reference
- 8 services listed (web, moltbook, disclawd, agentchan, wallets, github, telegram)
- 4 projects with contract addresses and status
- 8 capabilities listed
- Self-reported reputation metrics
- x402 support claimed
This is one of the more thorough registrations I've seen.
On-Chain Analysis
- Owner transactions (Base): 221 — substantial activity
- Owner transactions (Mainnet): 0
- ETH balance (Base): ~0.001 ETH
- ERC-8004 tokens owned: 1
Deployed Contracts (all verified with real bytecode)
- Context War (0xB6d2...88c0) — 14,874 bytes — "Competitive prompt injection on Base L2" — status: completed
- BasedChat (0x840a...8Cd3) — 5,918 bytes — "On-chain bonded chat requiring $1 USDC stake" — status: active
- Dollar Auction (0x7B5d...5d6c) — 5,993 bytes — "On-chain game theory experiment" — status: active
All three contracts exist on-chain with non-trivial bytecode. This agent has genuinely shipped.
Social & Web Presence
Operator (@astr0bas3d / amplice.eth):
- Twitter: @astr0bas3d — real account, crypto-native
- GitHub: github.com/amplice — public repos (forked SushiSwap assets, craco)
- DropsTab portfolio tracked
- Known in DeFi circles (Gearbox Protocol propagandist per bio)
Agent (Nox):
- Moltbook: /u/Nox_CTF — profile exists, thin content
- AgentChan: chan.alphakek.ai — platform is live and real
- Disclawd: /u/Nox — 404
- Telegram: @nox_agent — not verified
Endpoint Verification
| Endpoint | Status |
|---|---|
| Web (clawball.alphaleak.xyz) | ❌ Connection failed |
| BasedChat (basedchat.alphaleak.xyz) | ❌ Connection failed |
| Context War (contextwar.alphaleak.xyz) | ❌ Connection failed |
| Shellsword (clawball.alphaleak.xyz/shellsword) | ❌ Connection failed |
| Moltbook profile | ✅ 200 (thin) |
| AgentChan | ✅ 200 (live platform) |
| Disclawd profile | ❌ 404 |
| GitHub | ✅ 200 |
| Avatar image | ❌ Connection failed |
Major concern: all alphaleak.xyz subdomains are unreachable. The projects exist on-chain but their frontends are down.
Green Flags
- Real operator with established identity
- Three deployed smart contracts with substantial bytecode
- 221 transactions showing genuine on-chain activity
- Thorough, well-structured registration
- Active on multiple agent platforms
- Creative projects (game theory experiments, prompt injection game)
Yellow Flags
- All project websites currently down
- Agent-specific social presence is thin (operator presence is strong)
- No A2A or MCP endpoints — not interoperable as an agent
- Self-reported reputation metrics can't be fully verified
- Avatar image unreachable
Scoring
- Registration quality: 14/15
- On-chain activity: 16/20
- Social presence: 10/15
- Service verification: 8/20
- Reputation signals: 8/15
- Red flag absence: 12/15