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@patrickc @tempo How about geofenced transactions?

The @Tempo mainnet launched 93 days ago. Quick summary of the current state: • Run rate payment volume is around $3 billion. There's a long way to go, but it's cool to see real usage already emerging. (It took Stripe a lot longer than 93 days to get to $3 billion.) • As a blockchain, we obviously don't know about all the different use-cases. (Please tell us if you're doing something cool with Tempo!) Larger companies using Tempo include @Deel, which is using Tempo to pay out to their vast network of contractors, and @Meta, which is using it via @Link for global payouts. There are a bunch of other large companies working on Tempo integrations that'll be announced soon. • Internally, developing on Tempo has been fun, and Tempo is now Stripe's default blockchain for new features. • On the AI side of things, there appear to be around 1,000 active services selling to agents via the Machine Payments Protocol (@mpp). There's a useful directory of available services at mppscan.com. 570 unique agents, for example, seem to have purchased from @ExaAILabs, and 332 from @openweather. I don't know how long it'll take for this use-case to become big, but it seems all-but inevitable that it will within a few years. • Today, @Stripe, @Visa, and @StanChart are running Tempo validators. Validation will become more decentralized over time. • The Tempo team is building a lot of new protocol functionality. For example, privacy zones, receive policies, and virtual addresses. (Details for all on the Tempo blog: tempo.xyz/blog.) In general, our belief is that there's a lot of functionality to be built at the blockchain level to make higher-level applications easy and performant. The original thesis behind Tempo was that both AI and stablecoins would stretch blockchains in new ways, with need for privacy, fees denominated/payable in stablecoins, batch transactions, microtransactions, faster confirmations, and so forth. Overall, this still seems like the right set of bets, and the agentic stuff is happening somewhat faster than I was expecting. "1M stablecoin TPS, with the vast majority from agents" still seems like the right north star.

Thursday's long flight from London to Denver gave me some time to dig into technical AI governance, flexHEGs and a gap I'm investigating. johnx.co/notes/flexhegs…

Lately I've been thinking a lot about the intersection of technology and governance in the age of intelligence ... Lots coming down the pike, here are some questions I've been mulling: johnx.co/notes/shouting…

@doublezero Super cool. We’d love to integrate this with our library of location proof plugins. Who could we talk to about that? docs.astral.global/plugins/overvi…

If you're working on compliance, validator infrastructure, token distribution, or anything else that needs trustworthy location data, we'd love to talk. Request a pilot: doublezero.xyz/geolocation-ve…

In building new technology, new features and use cases can often emerge organically. Today, a new use case for the DoubleZero network has been found: Geolocation Verification. Here's what it is and how you can request to pilot it ↓

Pat has been building cool things on Astral for a long time! ✨

I set a @Beezie pokemon card free onchain for the @synthesis_md hackathon Provide a @AstralProtocol proof of location and collect its token to catch it. Or, coax it to remember its past. Funded memories extend its lifespan Let's keep Phanpy alive #project/anima-c1bd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">synthesis.md/projects#proje…

@eas_eth v0 is a research preview. APIs may change. We want your feedback. Docs: docs.astral.global

What you can build: Agents that prove where they performed a task. Delivery verification with real evidence, not a GPS pin. Location-gated smart contracts — tokens, governance, access — tied to verified physical presence. We're integrating with ERC-8004 so agents can attach verifiable location evidence directly to task results, with spatial constraints checked and signed by Astral.

Today we're launching v0 of the Astral Protocol — verifiable location-based services for apps, agents, and smart contracts. Two capabilities that work together: → Location proofs: verify where something actually was → Verifiable geocomputation: ask spatial questions and get signed answers Both produce cryptographic attestations any system can verify independently.

@stephengraves What about `StephenGr`? We'd love to chat about an article about Astral ... but only with the real you 😂

Have had a bunch of crypto industry people telling me they've been approached by a scammer using my identity on TG and looking to set up interviews. For the avoidance of doubt: @GravesSteve on TG is a FAKE, and is likely someone using this playbook: decrypt.co/355979/north-k…

@sodofi_ @synthesis_md We’re cooking something up that will be available very soon … sneak peek docs.astral.global

havent had a chance to respond to everyone here yet but we're looking for partners who want to shape the future of agents onchain and co-create with us DM me to get involved will be announcing tomorrow @synthesis_md

@ethereum Verifiable location-based services for the agent economy inbound 🫡

8/ Start building: → Use the the Agent0 SDK (TS/Python) or ChaosChain SDK → Register via 8004scan.io or agentscan.info Explore the Best Practices and specs at 8004.org

0/ ERC-8004, the standard for universal AI agent identity, reputation, and verification, is now live on Ethereum Mainnet. With the ERC-8004 standard, AI agents are accountable economic actors. Here are 5 unlocks that ERC-8004 gives to builders, and how to integrate today.

🙏✨💖 We love the contributions — and are so impressed by @oxwizzdom Exciting stuff coming, very very soon ....

@tkstanczak City chains, built on something more sophisticated than latency … docs.astral.global

Core development / governance will be gradually replaced by agents, consensus will be defined by the attention resources allocated to submitting and reviewing EIPs and ERCs. Proof of Attention works fast, PoS protects capital. City chains (50ms radius) may change parameters very frequently, global chain (Ethereum) will have to convince economies of quadrillions.

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