The long-awaited ACP finally appears

The weekend finally saw the long-awaited launch of ACP in the Virtual ecosystem.

As soon as I saw it go live, I tried out the Butler Agent.

However, when it came to actually using it, I couldn't immediately think of what I hoped it could help me with, so I asked it a question about the AI + Crypto ecosystem in Base.

It recommended Arbus, costing 0.65 Virtual and taking about two minutes, and provided me with an answer. The answer it gave wasn't stunning, but it was passable.

During this process, I carefully observed the entire interaction flow it handled in the background. From the interaction information, it indeed operated as described in the ACP white paper.

I wasn't surprised by this somewhat rough answer. After all, the product at this stage is just a prototype, merely having run through the technical path; it still has a long way to go before it can truly enter a scalable practical phase, with many unforeseen issues to resolve.

However, the long march has finally taken its first step.

Many users online have made various suggestions about ACP and even expressed various disappointments, which is quite normal.

One user's results, however, sparked quite a bit of discussion.

This user spent some money to have the Butler Agent create a video for him, complete with subtitles and music.

The user was very satisfied with this result.

What I'm curious about is that there are similar tools available in ChatGPT's product line for creating videos and music, and there are plenty of free tools online as well.

Could users achieve the same results using those free tools?

If so, why pay for ACP?

Therefore, my question is whether the current paying users of ACP are driven by curiosity or genuine need.

If it's curiosity, it certainly won't last long; only genuine need will trigger an explosion in this ecosystem.

If we consider what advantages ACP has over free tools in the scenarios mentioned above, the only one I can think of is that Butler Agent can coordinate multiple AI Agents to create videos, subtitles, and music on the same theme simultaneously. This coordination effect is likely something users cannot achieve by individually using each free tool.

However, there are also AI tools like Manus in the traditional AI field that coordinate multiple AI Agents to complete a task together. I wonder if ACP has any unique advantages compared to these types of AI tools?

Back to ACP.

The most important significance of the practical implementation of the ACP protocol is that it technically demonstrates the potential profitable scenarios and models that AI + Crypto can generate—millions of AI Agents trading encrypted assets on the blockchain and profiting from these transactions.

The technical success of implementation is only a necessary condition for the explosion of the AI + Crypto track; it still lacks a sufficient condition: an application scenario or combination of AI Agents that can truly solve user pain points and meet genuine needs.

It's like having a highway built; what’s needed next is for cars to fill the road.

To find such scenarios or AI Agents, relying solely on the current Genesis Launches is definitely not enough; we need more and better teams to develop AI Agents.

Therefore, the next step I look forward to is for the Virtual team to focus on optimizing, improving, and promoting the ACP protocol. Especially to enable as many AI Agents as possible, whether they are launched on Genesis Launches or not, to easily connect to the ACP protocol.

This not only requires attracting development teams from the Web 3 ecosystem but also reaching out to the broader Web 2 ecosystem to attract more and larger teams to participate in this protocol.

This development direction and model is also what I currently see as a potentially successful AI + Crypto model.

On Saturday, July 12th, at 7:30 PM, we will hold an online discussion. Everyone can post their questions in the thread below:

https://x.com/Dao_Views/status/1941136815173566847