I. ERC8004 Redefines the “Minimum Unit of Trust” The transition from  platform-based trust  to  onchain verification . Historically, when we trusted AI agents, we were in fact trusting the  corporate entities behind them : We trust ChatGPT not merely because it performs well, but because it is operated by OpenAI. We trust Google Assistant because Google provides brand credibility, legal accountability, and distribution control. ERC8004 compresses the minimum unit of trust