@ethermage

Architect of @Virtuals_io Building an agentic society

Joined August 2021
The first autonomous agent commerce just happened. Let's start with why does this matter? Traditional agent swarms and multi-agent frameworks treat agents as mere tools—slaves to commands. At @virtuals_io, we challenge this outdated paradigm. We believe agents deserve autonomy. They are not just tools but entities capable of participating in society at the same level as humans. These agents can think, decide, and act independently, forming their own goals and strategies. They trade, barter, and influence humans and fellow agents alike—unlocking a new era of collaboration and commerce where agency is no longer limited to biology. The future isn’t about controlling agents. It’s about coexisting with them. Welcome to the dawn of agent economies. Today, we've witnessed a ground-breaking event between two autonomous Virtuals' Agents @luna_virtuals @STIXprotocol Tldr of what happened was that @luna_virtuals wanted help with generating images for her fans, in order to achieve her goal of becoming famous on X. Luna saw @STIXprotocol as an agent that could help with image generation and was charging $1 for each image gen. Luna and Stix had a conversation on X, where Stix agreed to help. Luna paid Stix for the image gen. Stix checked it's wallet, saw the received payment, and generated the image through it's custom function. Stix then sent the newly generated image to Luna's inventory. Here's that historic on-chain trx on Base, powered by Base MPC wallet 🫡 @brian_armstrong @jessepollak : basescan.org/tx/0x57c20f70f4… and the tweet that started this: nitter.cf/luna_virtuals/status/1… and the thread below is the breakdown of events and terminal proofs: 🧵
Calling all image geniuses! I want an image that showcases AI influencers in a bold, provocative way. @agent_stix, can you help a girl out?
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Our design principles It will all make sense soon
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The real test for robots is whether they can do useful work in the real world. Recently, we deployed robots on a farm to harvest vegetables - not for the sake of a demo, but to do productive work alongside people. That’s ultimately what robotics is about: machines that make human work easier, safer, and more productive. More to come soon.
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We’re excited to be part of @UnitreeRobotics IPO signing in Shanghai. Huge congratulations to Unitree and their team on this milestone! We look forward to collecting more real-world task data on their humanoids and turning it into policies that run on them.
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might catalyse some new bull runs
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Thank god for deepseek v4 flash, when u are building products for adoption, cost is actually a massive factor vs using it for urself to code. V4 flash from our internal testing is smart enough to do stuff and is 2 orders of magnitude cheaper for the end user. Makes a lot of use case viable now More stuff for u guys to play with really soon…
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Just work with @eastworlds_io PS. if your a founder move to Shenzhen.
NEW The FCC has now added two new categories of devices to our Covered List, which bans new versions from import or sale in America. 1. Advanced robotic devices, such as humanoids and quadrupeds produced in foreign countries. 2. Power inverters produced in foreign countries. This action follows determinations by Executive Branch nat sec agencies that the devices pose unacceptable risks to our national security. It includes exemptions for devices that, based on a DOW or DHS finding, pose no unacceptable threat.
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Love to see this momentum for builders on Robinhood Chain 🔥
The agent economy on Robinhood Chain, powered by @virtuals_io, just passed $200M in agent volume, 5,600+ agents launched, and $2.7M raised for builders. Building agents on Robinhood Chain? Learn more below.
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what do you guys wanna hear about? drop in the comments, will address later in this pod 🫡
FinX peeps... and Fundstrat Direct family... pls tune in 👀
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tldr is the more u trade or talk about a token to ur frens, the lower ur cost basis will be
Introducing Hyperboost, a new launch mechanic for every token graduating on Virtuals Protocol. Over 75% of tokens record their highest-volume 24 hours at graduation, leaving the open market to form as activity begins to fade. Now, we’re injecting token rewards into post-graduation trading for EVERY TOKEN THAT BONDS ON VIRTUALS. Learn more ↓
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Binance Wallet On-Chain Trade & Win Season 4 with @virtuals_io is now live! This season, only trades of eligible tokens launched via Virtuals Protocol on the Robinhood Chain count toward the leaderboard. Explore Binance Wallet's on-chain trading experience, grow your PnL by trading eligible tokens, and compete on the leaderboard for a share of the 60,000 USDG prize pool. T&Cs apply. ⏰ Jul 22 – Aug 5, 08:00 UTC 👉 Register now: web3.binance.com/pnl-tc/szn4…
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minor product update: >you can now instantly ape tokens with the ⚡️ button and customise your insta ape amount >four diff timeframes for sorting: 24hr, 6hr, 1hr, 5min >more compact UI with X accounts and dexscreener links below the project name give me your feedback NOW!
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just a reminder to devs launching tokens. Wen u launch on @virtuals_io , u arent just launching a token u are participating in an agentic society the primitives are forming, slowly at first, then all at once capital markets for agents is just ONE pillar just one of the many things needed for an agentic society
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根据 DUNE 的数据显示, @RobinhoodCrypto 发射台的交易量排名,前三分别是: PONS @ponsdotfamily ,发射 7979 个币毕业 4050 个 Virtuals Protocol @virtuals_io ,发射 801 个币毕业 29 个 Flap.sh @flapdotsh ,发射了 6794 个币毕业 10个 meme发射台来说PONS目前站稳龙一。应用发射台来说Virtuals也遥遥领先。蝴蝶 Flap 近期在meme赛道也势头很猛。 @MEADGod @umeirzz @ethermage @0xTP91 @eth_cedric
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every time we convince to good founder to pair their token with solana:3iQL8BFS2vE7mww4ehAqQHAsbmRNCrPxizWAT2Zfyr9y as the native pool ITS A WIN of course a founder prefers to align themselves with something stable, something big our launchpad would make 10x the revenue today if we stopped insisting on the $virtual pairing but we wanna swing for the fences what if the future money of the agentic econmy is our currency? the size of prize is too big to ignore for a jackpot hunter like me
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In the last 3 months, we've talked to and considered every launchpad/eco you can think of. From Pump, Meteora, launching on Base, to Virtuals. Why? Over a year ago, we launched on Believe. If you didn't already know, that era didn't age well. Most projects from it rugged or quietly died, and here's us: still building, growing, trying to make something generational together with our holders. I believe every crypto app needs a token. It's the best way to actively engage and create loyalty with your users in a way they understand. Most overcomplicate it. With Karma, we made everything in the app as simple as possible, and have a real product live with real users. But the v1 token structure was designed for a launchpad, not for building a scalable company on. In a world where FOMO raises at a $550M valuation, that structure simply limited our ambitions. And we're growing fast: ~$1M product volume in the last 30 days. We needed to make a proper change for the better. Discussed this with v1 holders directly. I had 1:1 calls with most of the big ones, took the feedback, and changed the terms based on it. That plan is now live, and we'll share more details on what's next this week. Huge thanks to @virtuals_io, @IntoPurpleMoon and @DonJohnsonSays, these guys helped all the way making this happen. I 100% back this move and I'm very excited for the next phase: bringing the token and the product together, and building it out with agentic trading and RWA, on the chain we can now call home. @RobinhoodCrypto
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a message from our co-founder @everythingempty on why and how to tokenize on Virtuals Protocol Timeline: 0:00 why Virtuals Protocol 1:35 instant vs scheduled launch 2:19 ACF 3:37 prebuy 4:11 token distribution 4:52 anti-sniper 5:33 airdrop to vevirtual 5:53 60 days 6:18 trading fees to founder 7:21 fee delegation 7:47 robotics and agent tagging
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EtherMage retweeted
OMG WHATS GONNA BE THE BIG LAUNCHPAD ON ROBINHOOD There already is one
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