ERC-8004 Agent Network Surpasses 325K Agents with Enhanced Discovery Tools

馃 Agent army grows

By AltLayer
Jul 16, 2026, 3:22 PM
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The ERC-8004 ecosystem continued its expansion in June with significant infrastructure updates:

Key Developments

  • Agent Growth: Network reached 325K+ registered agents with 455K+ feedback signals
  • AltLLM Updates: Expanded onchain payment capabilities and ecosystem integrations
  • 8004_scan Features: Launched new discovery and reputation tools for agent evaluation
  • Real-World Adoption: More practical use cases coming online across the network

The growth represents a substantial increase from February's 75K agents and 55K feedback submissions.​ The platform now supports 21 integrated chains with over 61K active users.​

The updates focus on improving agent discoverability and trust mechanisms as the network scales.​ Enhanced payment infrastructure through AltLLM aims to streamline onchain transactions within the ecosystem.​

[Full recap](link needed)

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June moved our AI stack forward. @usealtai AltLLM expanded onchain payments and ecosystem integrations. @8004_scan shipped new discovery and reputation features. ERC-8004 grew to 325K+ agents and 455K+ feedback signals, with more real-world use cases coming online. Full recap

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June was a proper build-and-ship month across AltLLM, @8004_scan, and the broader @alt_layer ecosystem. Crypto-native AI expanded. Agent payments got more real. ERC-8004 kept scaling. More ecosystem pieces clicked into place. Here鈥檚 the June recap 馃У猬囷笍

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