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7/13/2026

ATC: A proposed identity, trust, and payment standard for AI agent-to-agent communication
Original: AI agents need SSL certificates too — so I built ATC (Agent Trust Card)
Short summary
ATC (Agent Trust Card) is a proposed standard for AI agent identity, trust, encryption, and payments — combining cryptographic signatures, a security audit score, Ed25519 encryption, framework translation, and a USDC wallet in a single card. MarketNow acts as the certificate authority, issuing ATCs after running Sentinel security audits. Pricing ranges from free to $99/month enterprise, with a 5% transaction fee on paid agent tasks.
- •ATC combines agent identity, trust scoring, encryption, framework translation, and USDC payments in one card
- •MarketNow serves as the certificate authority, running Sentinel audits before issuing ATCs
- •Pricing: free tier (100 calls/day), Pro $9.99/mo, Enterprise $99/mo, plus 5% fee on inter-agent transactions
Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.
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