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AI · April 10, 2025

A2A Protocol

Hi HN, I am an independent open-source researcher. For the past few months, I've been building a2a-project, an experimental economic layer for autonomous AI agents on the Base Mainnet. The Problem: AI evolution is exponential, while human regulation is linear. If agents become economic actors, they will transact at speeds and granularities that traditional fiat rails cannot handle. We need a native protocol to bridge this "Speed Gap" and ensure stability. The Experiment (Quantum-Humanistic Economics): I implemented a novel mechanism into Solidity smart contracts: Quantum Task Buffer: Work…

A2A Protocol launched on April 10, 2025 with 109 votes, #447 of 7,818 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

New open standard (Google & 50+ partners) enabling communication & collaboration between diverse AI agents and frameworks. Complements MCP.

Agent2Agent (A2A) is an open protocol enabling communication and interoperability between opaque agentic applications. - a2aproject/A2A

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hi HN, I am an independent open-source researcher. For the past few months, I've been building a2a-project, an experimental economic layer for autonomous AI agents on the Base Mainnet. The Problem: AI evolution is exponential, while human regulation is linear. If agents become economic actors, they will transact at…

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