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AI, Solidity & the work behind them.

How I build AI agents, test smart contracts and make systems ready for production. Hiring someone for that work? Start with the project briefs and interview scorecards.

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AI AGENTS A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.Standards That Ship4 stages · 24 min in total

ERC-8004 and AI Agent Identity: Who Published This Agent?

AI agent identity in plain words: the two documents an agent can hand you, an A2A Agent Card and an ERC-8004 entry, and why neither proves it may act.

  1. Stage 10-1Who sent this agent?6 min
  2. Stage 10-2Checking the card6 min
  3. Stage 10-3Reading the entry6 min
  4. Stage 10-4Tying it together6 min

ETHEREUM STANDARDS A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.Smart Accounts4 stages · 24 min in total

EIP-7702 and ERC-4337 Explained: Build Now or Wait?

EIP-7702 and ERC-4337 are Final and live; EIP-8141 frame transactions are a Draft with no confirmed date. What each one does, and why to build on them now.

  1. Stage 1-1Build now or wait6 min
  2. Stage 1-2Inside a frame transaction6 min
  3. Stage 1-3Modules and hooks6 min
  4. Stage 1-4Delegation risks6 min

ETHEREUM STANDARDS A world is one episode of the series, in reading order. Each world is split into short stages of 5 to 7 minutes.Standards That Ship4 stages · 24 min in total

Grouped Token Transfers: How Frozen Tokens Can Still Move

In the ERC-7943 reference code, one transfer of 80 was refused, yet a batch of 40 + 40 on the same token id went through. How the per-entry check missed it.

  1. Stage 9-1How the bug works6 min
  2. Stage 9-2The fix and its status6 min
  3. Stage 9-3Two rules, many paths6 min
  4. Stage 9-4Testing it with Foundry6 min

Series

A series is a run of episodes in reading order. Each episode is a world, and each world has short stages.

Field notes on shipping AI agents inside regulated finance.

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Practical briefs and evidence-based hiring for AI and smart-contract engineering.

Chain-design tradeoffs and compliance boundaries for tokenized assets.

Account abstraction in practice: EIP-7702, ERC-4337 and what wallets should build on.

Ethereum standards, permissioned tokens and agent authorization.

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The Shipping Report

Practical notes on AI agents, smart contracts and the work of shipping reliable software.

New articles on the systems I build, the decisions behind them and what I learn.

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