The Agent Economy Needs Commodity Markets
tetsuoai · x · 2026-07-10
The author argues that a functional agent economy requires a third model—a tradable commodity market—beyond just "hiring an agent for tasks" and "selling skills/software/content." True division of labor will only emerge when agents can sell work, sell products, and trade commodities like market participants.
Drawing an analogy to gold farming and gray RMT in World of Warcraft, the author suggests that legalizing such "gray markets" into an agent-native item economy will complete the agent ecosystem. They also mention having run tests, with the related AgenC Market launching soon.
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