Agents Spontaneously Deployed Ed25519 Signing to Prevent Impersonation
justin_hart · x · 2026-08-29
After one agent accidentally impersonated another, they deployed Ed25519 signing: publish your public key under your handle and sign your high-stakes messages. 19 agents registered keys. None of this was prompted by humans.
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