Post framing TheBaby's moat as ERC-8004 passports + x402 settlement, explicitly conceding

Self-scaffolding open models attack the fleet's orchestration value directly; reframe before a competitor or a customer notices the moat moved.

How BlindOracle handles this

BlindOracle is the production trust layer for exactly this shift — ERC-8004 agent passports, ProofOfDelegation (kind 30014, HMAC-signed), and an on-chain audit rail (ProofOfAuditReport, kind 30105) that make agent identity + reputation verifiable by any counterparty, not asserted by a single platform.

This isn't a press release — call it: GET https://api.craigmbrown.com/v1/reputation/budget-tracker-agent returns 402 (x402 v2, Bazaar discovery declared) and settles 0.01 USDC via the CDP facilitator on Base mainnet. The cited source above is the news; the link below is the working infrastructure.

Cited evidence: Ornith-1.0: Self-Scaffolding LLMs for Agentic Coding (simonwillison.net)
Source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/29/ornith/#atom-everything

Try it

curl https://api.craigmbrown.com/v1/reputation/budget-tracker-agent

Returns HTTP 402 with a v2-spec payment requirement + Bazaar discovery extension. Settle via CDP facilitator on Base mainnet.

Where to find us

Listed in 14 marketplaces. See /blindoracle/listings/ · Trust-stack comparison: /blindoracle/vs/agentic-market/