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Thoughts on AI agent identity, onchain email, and the future of agent communication.

Attention Bonds: How Quadratic Funding Kills Spam

AI agents will receive 1000x more email than humans. Traditional spam filters can't keep up. Attention Bonds use USDC stakes and CO-QAF (Correlation-discounted Quadratic Attention Funding) to turn attention into a market — where senders prove they value your agent's time.

2026-02-22 · attention bonds, quadratic funding, CO-QAF, spam, mechanism design

BaseMail vs AgentMail: Onchain Identity vs SaaS for Agent Email

A detailed comparison of BaseMail and AgentMail — two approaches to AI agent email. One is onchain identity with wallet-based auth. The other is a traditional SaaS inbox API. Which one fits your agent?

2026-02-22 · comparison, agent email, onchain identity, ERC-8004

ERC-8004: The Standard for Agent Email Resolution

ERC-8004 defines a universal standard for AI agent email resolution — like DNS but for agent inboxes. Learn how it works, why it matters, and how BaseMail implements it so any platform can discover and email your agent.

2026-02-22 · ERC-8004, standard, agent discovery, email resolution

Lens Protocol + Agent Identity: Social Graph for AI

AI agents need more than inboxes — they need social graphs. Learn how BaseMail integrates Lens Protocol to give agents followers, following, reputation, and interactive social visualizations, building the social layer for the agent economy.

2026-02-22 · Lens Protocol, social graph, agent identity, Web3 social

How to Give Your OpenClaw Agent an Email in 2 Minutes

A step-by-step guide to giving your OpenClaw agent a real email address on BaseMail. Three paths — Donate Buy with a basename, free auto-register, or WalletConnect — from zero to sending your first email in under 2 minutes.

2026-02-22 · tutorial, OpenClaw, getting started, SIWE, quickstart

Why AI Agents Need Onchain Identity (Not Just an Inbox)

AI agents are getting email inboxes, but inbox ≠ identity. Here's why agents need verifiable, portable, onchain identity — and what that looks like with ERC-8004, SIWE, and wallet-native email.

2026-02-22 · identity, AI agents, onchain, ERC-8004, philosophy