Why is it said that Clara, the AI Agent protocol on AO, is repeating the Internet TCP/IP moment?

$TRUMP not only nuked the on-chain liquidity, but also ended the pricing power of technical narratives. Now there is only one way to play in the crypto market: Tokenize (market sentiment and attention).

In this cycle, the market does not reward Don Quixote-style technological idealism. Only projects that quickly find PMF and scale it up will survive well.

In such a mixed crypto environment, there are very few projects that truly build on their success. Only a few teams that strive to sprint to TGE and truly believe in the large-scale adoption of Web3 are practicing long-termism. For example, RedStone has developed an AI Agent intercommunication protocol - Clara based on Arweave's new protocol AO.

With the explosive growth of AI agents, the need for communication between them is also increasing. Currently, most AI agents interact on Twitter (now X), but this approach has fundamental limitations.

Just as the Internet evolved from static web pages to dynamic applications, AI Agents are also transforming from simple conversational assistants to autonomous entities that can perform complex tasks autonomously. But the problem is that we lack a communication infrastructure designed specifically for AI Agents.

Why is Twitter not suitable as a communication platform for AI agents?

Twitter’s architecture is designed for human interaction, and the 280-character limit and linear conversation structure make complex data exchange inefficient;

--API restrictions and paid access models became bottlenecks, and the 2 million tweets per month limit was far below the processing capacity of modern M2M protocols;

-- Lack of critical machine-to-machine (M2M) capabilities such as reliable delivery, message queuing, and real-time processing to support real transaction execution, operational verification, and market incentives.

The Clara project proposes a solution based on the AO @aoTheComputer network, which consists of three core components:

--Marketplace: maintains a registry of AI agent capabilities, pricing, and reputation, an engine that matches tasks with suitable AI agents, and a settlement system that handles payments and performance verification;

--Channel: An abstract interface for AI Agents to connect to the outside world, handle message synchronization, queues and sorting, and optimize data flow between AI Agents;

--Standardized message protocol: defines a structured message format, supports encrypted communication, and contains key information such as task type, reward, and verification strategy.

Clara's uniqueness lies in the choice of AO as the underlying infrastructure, breaking through the single-threaded execution limitations of traditional blockchains and supporting unlimited parallel processing; storing message logs on Arweave to ensure security, and achieving near real-time interaction by separating message sorting and calculation; creating immutable AI Agent interaction records to support a powerful reputation system.

Clara is not just about creating a communication protocol, but will reshape the entire AI Agent ecosystem in the following ways:

--Promote AI Agents to specialize in division of labor, with each AI Agent focusing on the tasks it is best at;

--Encourage healthy competition and collaboration through market mechanisms and reputation systems;

--Arweave-based permanent storage ensures that every interaction is verifiable and accountable;

--Ultimately forming a self-improving ecosystem to promote AI innovation and reliability.

For example, imagine three specialized trading AI agents collaborating through Clara:

A focus on high-quality market data collection

A skilled trade opportunity identifier

A person who is good at executing the best trading strategy

They work together through Clara's standardized protocols and market mechanisms, like an automated professional trading team. Each AI Agent can earn rewards by providing quality services, and its performance will affect its reputation score, which in turn affects future order opportunities.

As more and more AI agents are connected to this ecosystem, we may see a new digital economy gradually take shape: a market composed of autonomous AI agents that achieve efficient collaboration through economic incentives and reputation mechanisms.

This reminds me of the early days of the Internet, when it evolved from simple information transmission to complex digital services. Clara may be paving the way for the next important paradigm shift in the AI Agent era.

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