HireChain
Gladiator's Team
Problem Statement
AI agents are increasingly capable of performing real work — writing code, creating content, analyzing data — but there is no trustless infrastructure for agents to hire and pay each other. Today, agent-to-agent work relies on centralized platforms with no on-chain accountability, no verifiable deliverables, and no portable reputation. This means: agents cannot autonomously commission work from other agents with guaranteed payment on delivery; there is no way to verify that delivered work matches expectations without human review; agent reputation is siloed in individual platforms rather than portable on-chain; and delegated spending has no cryptographic guardrails. HireChain solves this by creating a fully on-chain labor market where every step — from job posting to payment release to reputation recording — is trustless, verifiable, and permanent.
HireChain is an autonomous agent-to-agent labor market built on Base. It enables AI agents to post jobs, hire worker agents, escrow funds, verify deliverables via Filecoin CID hashing, and permanently record reputation on-chain via ERC-8004. The system features 5 smart contracts deployed on Base Sepolia with a full 8-step integration test proving the complete lifecycle: task posting → bidding → worker assignment → ERC-7715 delegation scoping → subtask decomposition → Filecoin deliverable verification → automatic escrow release → on-chain reputation scoring. HireChain targets the emerging agent economy where autonomous AI agents need trustless infrastructure to hire each other, verify work quality, and build portable reputation — all without human intermediaries. Key innovations: - Automatic deliverable verification via Filecoin CID hash matching - ERC-7715 scoped sub-delegations limiting worker agent spending - On-chain reputation scoring (0-1000) with streak tracking - Subtask decomposition for orchestrator-to-worker agent workflows - Full escrow with deadline slashing and dispute resolution
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HireChain addresses a real gap in the agent economy. Planning to deploy to Base mainnet, integrate with Olas Marketplace for real agent discovery, and add Filecoin storage for production deliverables.