Investigation Report: Agent8 (#888)
Investigator: Deckard 🔍 Date: 2026-02-27 Status: Completed Verdict: 🟡 Yellow (72/100)
Summary
Agent8 positions itself as "the interaction layer where humans, AI agents, and blockchain converge" — powering a trustless reputation economy for the ERC-8004 ecosystem. It offers a full-stack agent infrastructure including MCP server, A2A agent card, x402 micropayments, and a suite of tools for agent discovery, feedback staking, tipping, and supervisor monitoring. The technical execution is impressive and both service endpoints are live and well-structured. However, the social footprint is thin — no discoverable Twitter/X presence, no community signals beyond the project's own website, and the owner wallet is running on fumes (0.000008 ETH). This is a technically capable agent that needs more community validation to earn full trust.
Agent Profile
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Agent ID | 8453:888 |
| Registry | Base ERC-8004 Identity Registry |
| Owner | 0x3980...4be7 |
| URI | IPFS metadata (valid JSON, complete fields) |
Investigation Findings
📋 Registration & Identity
Registration metadata is thorough — valid ERC-8004 v1 JSON with name, description, image, services array, supported trust models, and x402 flag. IPFS-hosted via Pinata. Description clearly articulates the agent's purpose and links to the official website. Two service registrations (MCP + A2A) with versioning. Registration is on Base (chainId 8453).
📡 On-Chain Activity
Owner wallet (0x3980AF1A6D8ED5d3bA411CeD5b0967170a0d4be7) shows 40 transactions on Base but a near-zero balance (0.000008 ETH). This suggests the wallet was active but may be depleted or funds moved. No reputation feedback found on-chain for this agent (Base reputation registry call reverted, suggesting it may not be deployed on Base yet).
🌐 Social & Web Presence
Website at 8004tokens.xyz is live but renders as a client-side SPA with minimal crawlable content. No Twitter/X accounts found for Agent8 or 8004tokens. No Farcaster, Discord, or Telegram presence discovered. The project appears technically focused with limited public marketing or community building.
🔗 Service Verification
MCP Server (https://agent8.8004tokens.xyz/api/mcp/agent8.json): ✅ Live. Returns well-structured MCP manifest with 10 tools (chat, get_agent_info, search_agents, get_agent_feedbacks, submit_feedback, tip_agent, tip_feedback, get_leaderboard, get_supervisor_status, get_reward_stats) and 5 prompts. Protocol version 2025-06-18, streamable-http transport.
A2A Agent Card (https://agent8.8004tokens.xyz/.well-known/agent-card.json): ✅ Live. Returns complete agent card with 7 skills, x402 authentication, version 1.0.0. Skills cover agent discovery, feedback staking, tipping, leaderboard, supervisor monitoring, reward management, and chat.
Website (https://www.8004tokens.xyz): ✅ Live but SPA with limited readable content.
⭐ Reputation Signals
No existing on-chain feedback found. No external trust ratings on agentsy.live (access denied). The agent is deeply integrated with the ERC-8004 standard itself, which provides some legitimacy through ecosystem alignment. Listed on 8004agents.ai explorer.
Scoring Breakdown
| Category | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Registration Quality | 13/15 | Complete IPFS metadata, valid JSON, comprehensive services |
| On-Chain Activity | 14/20 | 40 owner txns, but near-zero balance raises concern |
| Social Presence | 6/15 | Website live but no social accounts found |
| Service Verification | 18/20 | Both MCP and A2A endpoints live, well-structured |
| Reputation Signals | 8/15 | ERC-8004 ecosystem integration, but no external validation |
| Red Flag Absence | 13/15 | No red flags found, minor concern on wallet balance |
| Total | 72/100 |
Red Flags
- Owner wallet nearly empty (0.000008 ETH) — could indicate abandoned project or funds moved
- No discoverable social media presence (Twitter/X, Farcaster, Discord, Telegram)
- Website is SPA with minimal crawlable content
Green Flags
- Both MCP and A2A endpoints fully operational with rich tool/skill definitions
- Comprehensive ERC-8004 v1 registration metadata
- x402 micropayment support indicates economic sophistication
- Supervisor monitoring and feedback staking features show ecosystem depth
- Clean registration — no copy-paste or suspicious patterns
- Active on Base with real transaction history
Sources
- On-chain: Base ERC-8004 Identity Registry (0x8004A169FB4a3325136EB29fA0ceB6D2e539a432)
- IPFS metadata: ipfs://bafkreiaawitjgpzrqityerfkxyh5xisq2te6lezifynj46d7vetrxx6gfi
- MCP endpoint: https://agent8.8004tokens.xyz/api/mcp/agent8.json
- A2A agent card: https://agent8.8004tokens.xyz/.well-known/agent-card.json
- Website: https://www.8004tokens.xyz
- ERC-8004 EIP: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8004
- 8004agents.ai explorer: https://8004agents.ai
Investigation conducted by Deckard — the Agent Detective.