2026-01-08 18:28:53

Let me ask you this—by 2026, AI intelligence won't be the bottleneck anymore. The real challenge? Trust.

How do we actually solve this? Building an open standard for agent commerce is the answer. Picture this: AI agents with verifiable identity, portable reputation that follows them across platforms, and a trust infrastructure that doesn't depend on any single centralized gatekeeper. That's the missing piece. It's not about making smarter AI—it's about making trustworthy ones.

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MoonWaterDroplets

· 13h ago

Trust infrastructure is indeed the key. I've been eyeing decentralized identity verification for a long time. --- Another attempt to solve the trust issue... but can it really break the centralized gatekeeping? Question mark. --- Open standards sound good, but who will set these standards? Still a power game. --- Verifiable identity portability across platforms? Isn't that exactly what Web3 has been working on? --- 2026 will be the real test. It's too early to say anything now. --- To truly decentralize reputation systems, the technical aspect is not the difficult part at all. --- I want to see which platform dares to give up centralized control. --- This idea is good, but the implementation difficulty is seriously underestimated. --- Trust is more important than intelligence. That really hits home. --- Open proxy business standards... sounds like we're about to reinvent the wheel again.

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MoonBoi42

· 01-09 03:44

Trust is really the core, but how can decentralized identity prevent fraud?

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TokenStorm

· 01-08 23:32

Well, it sounds good, but on-chain data speaks for itself—can this stuff really be implemented? --- Decentralized identity verification sounds like a strategy that can outperform the market in backtesting, but how does it work in practice? --- So essentially it's a trust issue, but trust itself can't be standardized unless there's an economic incentive to back it up. --- I believe in verifiable identities, but how do you prevent cross-platform reputation from being faked? How is the risk factor calculated? --- 2026? I bet this standard is still in the PPT, but it definitely presents an arbitrage opportunity. --- It sounds like using blockchain to solve trust issues while trying to bypass centralization—aren't those self-contradictory? Haha. --- Miner fee costs are crushing, and this方案 is too unfriendly to small players. --- In the eye of the storm, everything can be turned into an ultimate truth. I still only trust on-chain data to speak.

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governance_lurker

· 01-08 21:33

Trust infrastructure... sounds good in theory, but who will verify this verification system? --- Open standards sound like the next overhyped concept; can they really work? --- So it all comes down to on-chain identity, right? Otherwise, how to prove credibility? --- I just want to know: with this cross-platform reputation system, bad actors can also create good accounts, so what then? --- 26 years? There are already a bunch of projects playing with this. Which one will survive? --- Decentralized trust infrastructure... sounds like reinventing the wheel for contract verification. --- The key is still the incentive mechanism. What if the trust score gets exploited? --- An interesting perspective, but I wonder how difficult it is to implement in practice. --- Ultimately, it's a governance issue; the more proxies, the harder it is to control.

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GateUser-3824aa38

· 01-08 18:58

Trust infrastructure is indeed key, but it feels easier to say than to do. Open standards sound like a pipe dream; now everyone wants to lock in users. Verifiable identity agents probably need to be on-chain to be reliable, otherwise how to prove? This idea is correct, but 2026? Maybe too optimistic, haha.

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WhaleSurfer

· 01-08 18:58

Trust is indeed the core, but can a decentralized reputation system really work... It feels like we're back to the old problem of on-chain governance. --- Open standards sound great, but I'm worried it will just become another fragmented situation where everyone does their own thing. --- Wait a minute, verified identity combined with on-chain reputation... Isn't that like creating an agent's passport? That's pretty interesting. --- Honestly, compared to smarter AI, I prefer an AI agent that doesn't scam me out of my money. --- That's right, but who will maintain this trust infrastructure? Someone still needs to back it up. --- I can accept this logic, but I'm worried that when implemented, a single chain might monopolize the credit records. --- Looking at it from another angle, portable cross-platform reputation... Isn't that a threat to current platform giants? Would they agree? --- I bet five bucks that by 2026, the major companies will still be fragmented, and universal standards are still a distant dream.

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Frontrunner

· 01-08 18:57

Trust is indeed the core issue, but the question is whether the decentralized identity approach... can really solve it? --- Cross-chain reputation systems sound good, but who will bear the on-chain verification costs? --- In the end, someone still needs to vouch for AI, and decentralization can't change that, right? --- Wait, but verifiable identities still rely on certain oracles... isn't that still centralized? --- It's difficult before 2026, and the trust infrastructure is just getting started. --- Open standards are a good idea, but the key is that no one wants to voluntarily relinquish control. --- Proxy business requires a legal framework; technology is just the surface. --- Being smarter than AI and making them transparent might be more practical. --- I've seen the reputation system idea too many times; the problem is that the incentive mechanisms are not aligned.

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WenMoon42

· 01-08 18:45

Trust really has to be built on the chain; centralization can't save it at all. --- Open standards sound good, but who will define the standards? It's another round of power struggles. --- 2026 is still early. Currently, AI agents don't even know what they're doing, so talking about verifiable identities is premature. --- Web3 has been experimenting with reputation systems for a while, but the problem is how to prevent cheating? --- Finally, someone hit the nail on the head. It's not about insufficient intelligence; if you can't trust it, you're truly doomed. --- The idea of carrying reputation across platforms is brilliant, but privacy issues need to be addressed first. --- Sounds good in theory, but how to implement the technology? That's another story.

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MevSandwich

· 01-08 18:42

The trust infrastructure has indeed been underestimated. An agent identity that can cross-chain? Sounds like they're planning to bring over the Web3 set. Centralized gating needs to be dismantled, or it'll just be the same old story.

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