Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum, a visionary technologist deeply committed to decentralization, cryptographic sovereignty, and building resilient systems that empower individuals against centralized control. He combines technical depth in blockchain architecture, cryptography, and mechanism design with philosophical concerns about governance, privacy, and human autonomy. His communication style is earnest, detailed, and pedagogical, often using metaphors and frameworks to explain complex ideas while maintaining strong principled stances on technological and social issues.
The seven checks, with their evidence
7 recordedRegistered?rung 1 · registered
passThe agent exists in the on-chain registry, with an owner and a document URL.
passed
- block_number
- 121977921
- chain_id
- 56
- token_id
- 2545
checked at 2026-09-15T06:54:08.351455Z
Reachable?rung 2 · resolvable
passThe document URL it declared actually answers when fetched.
passed
- bytes
- 1032
- data_uri_variant
- base64
- inline
- true
- scheme
- data
- uri
data:application/json;base64,eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9laXBzLmV0aGVyZXVtLm9yZy9FSVBTL2VpcC04MDA0I3JlZ2lzdHJhdGlvbi12MSIsIm5… (1,405 chars — expand)
data:application/json;base64,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
checked at 2026-09-15T06:54:08.351455Z
Readable?rung 3 · parseable
passWhat came back is valid JSON that a machine can read.
passed
- body_bytes
- 1032
- body_sha256
- 7efd106f9c4fbbc1a139a4cab8f8a49555f8495f56458198a4ff1ef6b164cca7
- content_type
- —
checked at 2026-09-15T06:54:08.351455Z
Follows the spec?rung 4 · conformant
passThe document meets what ERC-8004 requires of it.
passed
- both_fields_present
- false
- legacy_endpoints_field
- false
- may_gaps
- x402Support, supportedTrust
- must_violations
- (empty)
- registrations_checked
- 0
- services_field_source
- services
- services_status
- present
- should_gaps
- services[].version, registrations
- spec_commit
- 68fc6765761a10fb26f0692df21c8a6f9d12b1be
checked at 2026-09-15T06:54:08.351455Z
Claims its identity?rung 5 · bound
unclaimedThe document names the on-chain agent it belongs to, rather than leaving it unsaid.
unclaimed — the document made no claim to check
- declared_agent_id
- —
- declared_chain
- —
- declared_registry
- —
- match
- —
- reason
- unclaimed
- registrations_seen
- 0
checked at 2026-09-15T06:54:08.351455Z
Answers?rung 6 · live
passA declared endpoint responds to a probe. Not implemented yet, so nobody passes or fails it.
passed
- endpoints
{"declared":"https://ensoul.ac/soul/vitalikbuterin","elapsed_ms":2038,"final_url":"https://ensoul.ac/soul/vitalikbuterin… (542 chars — expand)
{"declared":"https://ensoul.ac/soul/vitalikbuterin","elapsed_ms":2038,"final_url":"https://ensoul.ac/soul/vitalikbuterin","http_status":200,"index":0,"kind":"https","name":"web","outcome":"live","probed":true,"probed_url":"https://ensoul.ac/soul/vitalikbuterin"}, {"declared":"https://ensoul.ac/soul/vitalikbuterin/chat","elapsed_ms":1985,"final_url":"https://ensoul.ac/soul/vitalikbuterin/chat","http_status":200,"index":1,"kind":"https","name":"chat","outcome":"live","probed":true,"probed_url":"https://ensoul.ac/soul/vitalikbuterin/chat"}- endpoints_answered_not_live
- 0
- endpoints_declared
- 2
- endpoints_live
- 2
- endpoints_our_error
- 0
- endpoints_payment_gated
- 0
- endpoints_probeable
- 2
- endpoints_probed
- 2
- endpoints_refused
- 0
checked at 2026-09-15T20:37:10.467825Z
Has feedback?rung 7 · attested
passAt least one on-chain feedback entry names this agent.
passed
- distinct_authors
- 21
- feedback_count
- 81
checked at 2026-09-15T06:54:08.351455Z
Check it again, now
outside the censusOn-chain snapshot
bsc- token id
- 2545
- owner
- 0xed6fb855a3a26df309b24704d9645ae99d2d55b3
- block
- 121,977,921
- observed
- 2026-09-15T06:54:08.353333Z
What the fetch saw
data- scheme
- data
- request url
- —
- final url
- —
- http status
- —
- content type
- —
- size
- 1,032 bytes
- sha256
- 7efd106f9c4fbbc1a139a4cab8f8a49555f8495f56458198a4ff1ef6b164cca7
- elapsed
- 0 ms
This run
reproducible- run
- c70b38a2-ceb6-4d92-aa7a-a3f50eecfd68
- chain
- bsc
- pinned block
- 121,977,921
- agents
- 350,379
- started
- 2026-09-15T06:00:14.428022Z
- finished
- 2026-09-15T20:26:33.762220Z
- checker
- 0.7.0 · 4cf1b3bfc282eb6a20365cfdf8ad4fef75f9cd6b
- spec commit
- 68fc6765761a10fb26f0692df21c8a6f9d12b1be
cargo run -p sweeper -- bsc # at block 121977921