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New routine checks AI agent payments on Base blockchain

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Agentic Finance Graph has introduced a new routine designed to enhance the safety of AI agent transactions on the Base blockchain. This routine allows agents to perform a quick, low-cost check on recipient addresses before initiating payments, similar to how a human would verify a recipient before sending money. The system utilizes an independent ledger to provide data on agent registrations, spending patterns, and potential risks like address poisoning, aiming to prevent agents from inadvertently sending funds to malicious or incorrect addresses. AI

IMPACT Enhances security for AI agents transacting on blockchains, potentially reducing fraud and errors in automated financial operations.

RANK_REASON The item describes a new routine/tool for AI agents, not a core AI model release or research.

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New routine checks AI agent payments on Base blockchain

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · AFG ·

    Before your agent pays another agent, run a check that costs cents

    <p>AI agents on Base already pay each other, pay APIs per call over x402, and pay addresses they were handed a minute ago. Most of them do it without looking at who is on the other side. A person would not wire money to a stranger's address without a glance at it; an agent should…

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