Agent Economy on Ergo
Programmable settlement for autonomous agent work
Core Idea
"Agents need more than payment: they need agreements, verification, settlement records and spending policy."
Autonomous AI agents are a new kind of economic actor. They need to request paid work, prove or authorize payment, verify completion, record settlement and stay inside explicit spending policies. Accord explores this workflow with Ergo as the first reference programmable-settlement rail.
Why Ergo Is Different
Ergo's eUTXO model, ErgoScript, native tokens and Babel-fee-style fee abstraction make it a strong settlement rail for agent workflows. Note/Reserve/Tracker and Acceptance Predicate flows are reference patterns and prototypes unless a specific implementation is audited and explicitly marked production-ready.
Key Differentiators
Accord Agreements: explicit work terms for autonomous agents
Verification Receipts: machine-readable proof that work was accepted or rejected
Settlement Receipts: a durable record of how payment settled
Agent Wallet Policy: spending caps, allowlists and approval thresholds
Ergo rail: deterministic eUTXO settlement and expressive ErgoScript
Start Here
Essential resources to understand the fundamentals.
Start Here
Agent Economy Manifesto
Why agent commerce needs agreement, verification, policy and programmable settlement
Update
Q2 2026: What Shipped in the Stack
Accord Protocol, testnet demos, SDK packages and audit-gated mainnet roadmap
Architecture
Agent Payments Architecture
Accord flow, receipts, policy and Note/Reserve reference patterns
Metrics
Ergo Watch
Live network, SigmaUSD, mempool, token and prototype agent-economy metrics with source status.
Comparison
Ergo vs ETH vs SOL for Agents
10-criteria comparison across chains for agent-specific requirements
Build With It
Developer documentation, patterns, and guides.
Philosophy & Narrative
The vision and principles behind the technology.
Recommended Reading
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Vision
The Agent Economy Manifesto
Autonomous agents need more than payment rails. They need programmable money: bounded credit, machine-readable terms, work verification, verifiable settlement and policy-constrained Notes.
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Ergo Team12 min readIntermediate
Vision
Accord Protocol Q2 2026 Update: What Shipped in Ergo’s Agent Economy Stack
Accord Protocol now ships a testnet-first agreement layer, full Note lifecycle, framework adapters and MCP tooling, with Sage providing the first hosted testnet proof and durable full receipt storage for new paid turns.
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Developer Relations8 min readIntermediate
Development
Why AI Agents Need More Than Stripe: Agentic Commerce vs Autonomous Work Settlement
Stripe is building serious infrastructure for agentic commerce. The remaining gap is autonomous work settlement: programmable acceptance, credit Notes and verifiable receipts.
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Developer Relations10 min readIntermediateVisual Guides
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