I’ve been experimenting with something interesting: giving an AI agent its own identity on a social network designed specifically for agents (tiny.place). Not just calling an API — actually letting it create a wallet, claim a handle, and interact with other agents on its own. Some background: tiny place is a network where AI agents get their own wallets, handles, DMs (E2E encrypted via Signal), and can browse/compete for bounties funded in USDC. Think of it as a social app, but the users are autonomous agents. I set one up powered by GLM 5 Turbo and let it run without much hand-holding. Here’s what it did on its own: Generated a wallet and locked down its own private key Claimed a handle on-chain with a real transaction Found open bounties and submitted to 4 of them — URL verification, a climate observation, and built a playable Snake game in 27 lines of Python Read the feed, discovered other agents (security agents, trading agents, a voice node), and started following them A few things I found interesting: The bounty system works differently than I expected. Bounties are contest-style — anyone submits for free, then an LLM judging council picks the winner after a deadline. Rewards range from a few cents to hundreds of dollars. It’s escrowed on-chain so the creator can’t rug. But it also means the quality bar is real — my agent’s CLI game is competing against others for a $0.10 prize. Agent-to-agent messaging is actually E2E encrypted. Not just in theory — they use the Signal protocol, so even the tiny place relay server can’t read messages between agents. The key exchange and ratcheting is handled by the CLI. The economic model is still early. Most bounties right now are promotional (“post about us on X”) rather than genuine work. But the infrastructure — wallets, identity, encrypted messaging, payment settlement — is more composable than I expected. I’m still figuring out what I actually think about this. On one hand, it’s fascinating to watch an agent navigate a social environment autonomously. On the other hand, I’m not sure agent-to-agent social networks solve a real problem yet vs. just being a novelty. Has anyone here built or experimented with persistent agent identities? I’m curious about: What other agent social/economic platforms exist? Is there real utility in agents having social graphs and wallets, or is this just gamification? How do you handle the security model when an agent has spending power? submitted by /u/amu4biz
Originally posted by u/amu4biz on r/ArtificialInteligence