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Trustless Agents

A desk note on ERC 8004 (Trustless Agents). The file's status is Draft. The note records the text. It does not measure who runs it.

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Authors: Marco De Rossi, Davide Crapis, Jordan Ellis, Erik Reppel
Date: 2025
Publisher: Marco De Rossi, Davide Crapis, Jordan Ellis, Erik Reppel
Version: Source cited by the 2025 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-1152
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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A desk note on ERC 8004 (Trustless Agents). The file's status is Draft. The note records the text. It does not measure who runs it.

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Official source — ERC 8004
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Rossi, M. D., Crapis, D., Ellis, J., & Reppel, E. (2025). Trustless Agents. Marco De Rossi, Davide Crapis, Jordan Ellis, Erik Reppel. https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/blob/master/ERCS/erc-8004.md

BibTeX

@techreport{erc80042025,
  title = {Trustless Agents},
  author = {Marco De Rossi, Davide Crapis, Jordan Ellis, Erik Reppel},
  year = {2025},
  institution = {Marco De Rossi, Davide Crapis, Jordan Ellis, Erik Reppel},
  url = {https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/blob/master/ERCS/erc-8004.md},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/erc-8004}
}

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TI  - Trustless Agents
AU  - Marco De Rossi
AU  - Davide Crapis
AU  - Jordan Ellis
AU  - Erik Reppel
PY  - 2025
PB  - Marco De Rossi, Davide Crapis, Jordan Ellis, Erik Reppel
UR  - https://github.com/ethereum/ERCs/blob/master/ERCS/erc-8004.md
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

CSL-JSON

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
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