Most people still don’t realize how big ERC-8004 could become. It’s one of those standards that quietly unlocks an entire category of new applications without making a lot of noise.
At the heart of it is a simple idea:MAI agents should be able to interact with other agents across domains without relying on blind trust. That means identity verification, behavior guarantees, and—if necessary—slashing mechanisms when agents violate rules. In other words, a way to make automated systems accountable to each other.
The interesting part is that Linea is deeply involved in this direction. As a ZK-based L2 with strong Ethereum alignment, it can act as a neutral trust layer for multi-agent coordination. Not only does this reduce friction for developers, it also creates a new design space where complex automated systems can operate with confidence.
Imagine a world where financial bots, supply chain bots, research bots, trading bots, and governance bots all communicate through verifiable standards rather than ad-hoc APIs. ERC-8004 is a major step toward that world. And Linea is becoming one of the first L2 environments where these concepts are being tested and implemented at scale.
