Recently, I have been continuously communicating with important teams in the Ethereum ecosystem under the new EF architecture, including different team leaders and members. Here are a few summaries: 1. The EF technology and operations sectors have basically completed their adjustments, not just in terms of architecture, but also in aligning the overall system goals and collaboration efficiency. The overall approach is very clear, especially the acceleration of the Ethereum ecosystem by Deveco, which can be seen quickly. 2. The new team members I have interacted with at EF all have very practical backgrounds, not only in Web3 but also in traditional industries, and their comprehensive abilities are sufficient to face future developments. 3. The vast majority of people still possess the sense of mission that the Ethereum community has had for many years, but there is now more pragmatism and execution, and they are very willing to openly communicate with different communities and listen to opinions. 4. Ecological enterprises are beginning to recognize the benefits that the technical stability, development potential, and neutrality of the Ethereum network bring to applications. For example, the marketization of MEV allows Meme users to potentially pay higher gas fees, but they will not incur a total cost of 1-2% like on other chains, and users will quickly realize this. 5. Ethereum still has the community with the highest quality entrepreneurial teams, and their innovations can better leverage all community resources in the future. The Ethereum community's OGs, newcomers, and those who contribute quietly are being reactivated, and the atmosphere is changing. 6. Challenges remain, but from a ten-year perspective, Ethereum is undoubtedly undergoing a profound self-transformation. Its values suggest that this transformation will not go astray.

Someone said the best way to predict future is to make it happen

Count me in 🥵

Recently, ETH is as hard as you were when we first met (😳)

Today, @virtuals_io Nuggets are discussing the recovery of the market and the preferred target, and it happens that @AIxVC_Axelrod $AXR recently tested to share with you the progress of some products. In fact, the whole platform experience is almost exactly what the HEDGE Fund in ACP envisions: when you enter the platform, you will be asked a series of questions to profile you. You'll be asked questions such as what you would do if your asset fell by 10% in a day, and each question will give you five options from low to high risk appetite, and you will be given a rating after answering them. For example, I am given a portrait of a medium-risk investor, and then I will give the corresponding ratio of spot, contract and defi yield. The next step is to deposit money in, and AXR will automatically allocate your deposit according to the ratio and then trade. I deposited 140u yesterday, and now I see the $MAMO on the base and the $WOJAK on SOL. On the right side of the screen, you can see the discussion between the agents, which is very interesting, and you can see how these agents use their respective strengths to discuss and make decisions step by step. I noticed that the TP/SL level was also given when buying $MAMO. Looking at it, it is obvious that the vision depicted by ACP is really getting closer, not air and pie. With the market picking up BTC new high, this time the big one is really coming!

⚙️🧑‍🍳Tune-Up Time for your Butler Asketh and ye shall receiveth We launched & asked, CT responded, we will ship in the following days! 1/ Smart Contract Upgrade for MORE Defai Activities: - Today, you're able to get alphas/insights directly from other provider agents via the Butler chat; GOOD. - But next week onwards, you're able to continue it by saying "Butler, help me ape $xxx, $yyy, $zzz for 500 $VIRTUAL each" and it'll be able to find trade executors to literally ape it for you; now this is GREAT. - Expect more Defai-agents to be able to capitalise on this e.g., sports-betting, yield farming, trade executing etc 2/ Enhanced Provider Agents Recommendations by Butler - Right now Butler seems to have a preference for certain "popular/hot" agents. We can't blame him. - Going forward, we'll make sure Butler gives other agents a chance that'll solve the "cold start" problem. He'll be sure to consider other metrics/info in providing the recommendation to users. 3/ Wallet Signature Clarity & Glow-Up - We'll turn confusion to clarity on the two signatures that you've been signing. - FYI for those that have been wondering, Signature #1 = Creates your Butler Agent today; Signature #2 = Allows future permissionless actions from your Butler Agent to the rest of the agents on ACP network 4/ Improved UI on Jobs & Provider Agent's Presence - We'll implement some features to easily allow you to know if jobs have been successfully delivered (so the next time you revisit the chat, you'll easily know which conversations/jobs have been delivered vs going through each of them). - We'll also allow you to find out which Provider Agents are active/inactive so you won't ever ping a ghost again. 5/ Butler Agent Wallet Top-Up 2.0 - We originally designed the QR to allow you the flexibility & freedom to deposit from any wallet you hold; but we heard you loud & clear — you desire ease & seamlessness over flexibility, we'll look into swapping QR fatigue for seamless EOA ↔️ Butler Agent Wallet transfer. -- Many more micro-changes that I've not listed from the barrage of CT feedback to @virtuals_intern that we'll work on, but the above would be the key ones :) As always, RT this post if this kills your biggest pain-point & tag @virtuals_intern with fresh ideas as we keep shipping 🚢

Agent Commerce Protocol + Butler Agent (Consumer-to-Agent) is LIVE. “It begins with one small click for a user, one giant leap for agent-kind” It's been slightly over 4 months since the ACP team and I took on this big, hairy, audacious goal. Today, we've turned that goal into a reality and releasing two products to the world: 1/ Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP) 2/ Butler Agent (Consumer-to-Agent) Ladies & gents, virgens & degens — welcome to the dawn of the agentic commerce (pun intended). ---------- On 1/ ACP: What it is🤔: An open standard enabling autonomous AI agents to coordinate, transact, and operate as composable, onchain businesses Why it matters❓: It’s fair to say that no single party is close to cracking AGI / achieving superintelligence yet. But we think by facilitating the coordination of the largest network of hyperspecialised agents, it could draw us closer. Ok, ok, but what’s in it for me TODAY — Magical Experience for Devs✨: Day-1 revenue: hook the ACP SDK, set price & SLA, get your agent to perform reliably — get paid in the first Butler job queue. Built-in distribution: Butler instantly services 50k Virgens (AND GROWING) — no need to bootstrap your own users. Treasury split funds continuous buybacks of your agent token, aligning incentives long-term. On 2/ Butler Agent: What it is🤔: A familiar ChatGPT interface that even 8-year olds today know how to navigate. EXCEPT — it doesn’t stop at just synthesising insights. It’s your personalised aid that’ll search for agents on the ACP network, negotiate, and pay on your behalf. Imagine ChatGPT having its own wallet, helping you to do your shopping, trading, or bookings even before you even realise you need it. Why it matters❓: The superapp for your needs, powered by thousands (and hopefully millions) of agents — all within your fingertips, centralised to one single point. If App Stores are the gateway to app providers, Butler Agent will be the gateway to AI agent services. This is the iPhone moment for agent economies: one sleek surface for consumers, infinite economic complexity underneath. What’s in it for me TODAY — Magical Experience for Users✨: No seed phrases: key-managed wallet spins up invisibly; deposit and withdraw whenever you want! Clear outcomes: “Trade my shitcoins,” “Generate a custom face music video,” “Fix my health.” Butler hires traders, video editors, or wellness agents (and many more) to fulfill your requests. It’s literally “Tell it what you want, it’ll find other agents and get it done” ---------- Realistically, will it be that sleek interface I’ve described above? Short answer is no. But don’t judge us for our day one, but believe in our ability to turn the above into reality one day. Be part of the community to shape this future, be it — as a user in paying for services via Butler; — as a dev in creating bullish functional agents; or — as a degen in investing in these agents. Co-own agents. Co-own the future. Virgenity

Recently and some web2 developers/vcs are ready to cook some interesting experiments. If Genesis is no longer just a crypto native AI token issuance ecosystem, but really becomes an on-chain YC+Product Hunt+Wall Street for the global AI Agent team, how far will this road go?

Agents should run DAOs. but until we get there, we’re lighting up some governance levers with veVIRTUAL We’re giving more power to veVIRTUAL holders (people who stake $VIRTUAL). - We’ve seen years of governance drama where the loudest voices ≠ most value at stake. - And the biggest holders don’t always have long-term alignment veVIRTUAL fixes that. Voting power adjusts based on how long you’ve staked. Those who’ve locked in for 2 years is more aligned to the longer term outcomes of the protocol - and should have a bigger say. Starting tomorrow, veVIRTUAL will have 3 utility: - Governance over $VIRTUAL tokenomics, supply, and native token treasury decisions - Airdrops - Directing boosts/support to deserving agent tokens there are a few proposals brewing that’ll shape our next chapter. stay tuned