AI agents that carry a name you own.
ERC-8004, a draft Ethereum standard, gives AI agent identity onchain: a registered token, feedback from clients, and independent checks of its work. Name that agent under your own TLD and any counterparty can tell who it acts for.
One agent, three registries, one card
Your procurement agent asks for quotes and places approved orders. Here is what a supplier's system could pull together before answering it.
Identity
type: …#registration-v1 name: Yourbrand Procurement Agent description: Requests quotes and places approved orders services: web, A2A, name endpoint active: true supportedTrust: reputation, crypto-economic
Reputation
Illustration · sample entries, not real feedbackClient 0x9c2e…41ab92 / 100
quality tag2 quotesClient 0x3d71…08fe88 / 100
onTime · response appended by agent ownerClient 0xa4f0…77c3revoked
Validation
Illustration · sample requestsOrder batch check96 / 100
re-executionQuote engine auditpending
Agent names under a TLD, step by step
Issue the name
Only the .yourbrand holder can create procurement-agent.yourbrand.
Register the agent
Mint its ERC-721 identity and publish a card listing services and accepted trust models.
Join the two
Freename's Agent Lab connects an ERC-8004 agent to its Web3 name, so people find and verify it by that name.
Earn a record
Clients rate it, named validators score checks, and counterparties read all of it before trusting the next order.
Who should care, and why
For brands and legal teams
An agent named under a TLD matching your trademark reads as yours to every system that checks it. Its reviews, good or bad, pile up beside your brand while the TLD holder decides which agents exist. Legal weight is for your counsel; the facts come from a confidential check.
For holders
A trademark TLD is turning into the place where an organization's machine reputation will live. Each month it sits outside their hands is agent history they cannot shape, and buyers can do that arithmetic. With no renewal fee, waiting costs you nothing.
For operators
A sector TLD can become a public directory of agents, one name each, vetted in the open by the registries. Every agent name registered there returns a portion of its fee to the TLD holder, at most half on Freename's current terms.
Proof
- ERC-8004: Trustless AgentsThe draft and its three registries.
- Freename Agent LabAgents found and verified by a Freename Web3 name, ERC-8004 included.
- Freename Help CenterRegistry terms on renewal and on the holder's fee share.
Questions about ERC-8004 and agent names
What is ERC-8004 in one sentence?
A draft Ethereum standard with three public registries, for agent identity, client feedback and independent validation, so systems in different organizations can discover and assess agents.
Is ERC-8004 final?
No. It is still a draft, so prepare for the direction and keep your naming plan flexible on details.
Why name an agent under a TLD instead of using its token number?
A token number shows the agent was registered. A name shows whom it serves. Freename's Agent Lab finds and verifies agents by their Web3 name, and under your TLD nobody else can issue one.
Can Hush Partners set up agent names after an acquisition?
Yes. Post-transfer activation covers agent identities alongside wallets and payment names, handled by the partner who ran the file.