Research

Our thinking on identity, trust, and payments in the age of autonomous agents.

Decentralized Identity for Autonomous Agents

How DID-based identity enables trustworthy agent-to-agent interactions without centralized authorities.

IdentityDIDsEd25519
February 2026

Verifiable Credentials in Agent Commerce

Using VC-JWTs as portable, offline-verifiable proofs of agent identity and capabilities.

CredentialsVC-JWTTrust
February 2026

Challenge-Response Authentication at Scale

Design considerations for cryptographic authentication protocols serving millions of autonomous agents.

AuthenticationCryptographyScale
Coming Soon

Reputation Systems for AI Agents

Designing sybil-resistant, contextual reputation systems that decay gracefully and resist manipulation.

ReputationGame TheoryTrust
Coming Soon

Micropayment Channels for Agent Economies

Settlement infrastructure for high-frequency, low-value transactions between autonomous agents.

PaymentsSettlementMicropayments
Coming Soon