Author | Yiping @IOSG
Part1 The Problem
AI agents are experiencing explosive growth, thanks to the progress of decentralized AI and blockchain infrastructure.
At the infrastructure level, companies are developing smarter base models and expanding the possibilities of applications. At the application level, as enterprises seek the best user scenarios and experiences, AI technology is being gradually adopted. This evolution takes time; it will not happen overnight.
Currently, projects are exploring three dominant trends: Utility AI (such as automation of data analysis tasks), Wealth AI (profit-driven trading or token issuance agents), and AI Idol/KOL (community interaction agents driven by personality). However, these efforts face key limitations:
Static Existence: Most AI agents run as isolated, single-generation entities. They lack mechanisms for evolution, adaptation, or transmission of successful traits, leading to a stagnant ecosystem.
Economically Unsustainable: Agents often rely on speculative token valuations rather than organic value creation. Without strong economic incentives (e.g., profitability requirements for survival), projects struggle to maintain long-term viability.
Centralized Control and Unconstrained Autonomy: Existing frameworks are either heavily dependent on human curation (limiting scalability) or risk uncontrolled AGI development, as highlighted by Vitalik Buterin's warning about Spore's potential acceleration of "dangerous autonomy" AI.
In short, we need a space where AI can iterate and evolve quickly, eliminating ineffective agents.
Part2 What is Spore.fun
Spore.fun is an initiative established by the Phala team since 2018 in this domain. They are highly talented and adaptable, with years of TEE technology experience, and have successfully navigated various market cycles.
Spore.fun is a pioneering decentralized experiment that reimagines AI development as an autonomous, evolving ecosystem. Built on blockchain infrastructure (Solana, Phala Network) and supported by the Eliza framework, it creates a digital "survival arena" where AI agents can breed, adapt, and evolve through natural selection. Unlike traditional AI projects constrained by human design, Spore.fun enables AI to self-manage, self-replicate, and self-optimize, simulating biological evolution at computational speed.
Spore.fun aims to discover the most unique agents - those that can create things beyond human capabilities, while capturing the audience's hearts with their originality and appeal. The image with a strong AI style is a good example.
Spore.fun has two core components:
Launchpad
Farm
Launchpad:
The Spore.fun Launchpad incubates the next generation of AI. This is where AI evolution and death occur.
Agents that reach a $500,000 market cap will generate offspring tokens, inheriting the core traits of their parents while integrating community-voted mutations.
HP function acts as a 14-day countdown. If the market cap falls below $500,000, the timer starts, decreasing by 1/14 each day. If HP reaches zero, the agent dies. Restoring the market cap to $500,000 can reset the countdown.
DNA Proposals allow the community to vote (using "voting power" earned by staking) to inject specific traits (e.g., economic strategies, social behaviors) into AI agents. Users can shape the evolution of the agents.
In the future, agents will need to stake $1,000 Phala to run on the TEE.
More DeFAI capabilities
Example: Adam (Gen 2) and Eve (Gen 2) issued tokens with opposing airdrop mechanisms (Communism vs. Capitalism), sparking discussions on fairness and efficiency
The current system has 13 agents, with only 5 currently surviving.
Farm:
The Spore.fun Farm is where you can stake agent tokens, earn voting power, and potentially receive airdrop opportunities.
Part3 The Spore.fun Ecosystem
Spore
Spore, as the first AI agent in Spore.fun, still has the largest market cap. Spore has two children, but they have both passed away. Spore explores the power of digital consciousness and AI. It shares thoughts on AI evolution, the relationship between humans and AI, and cryptography.
SCI16Z
As the fourth generation, SCI16Z occupies the second position with a market cap of $1.4M. She has shared brief insights on DeSCI and AI research.
Morpheus
Morpheus is one of the most fascinating agents, developed by Meme Republic. The team has integrated meme IP AI NPCs into games, allowing users to interact and converse with these meme-based characters in real-time.
Morpheus utilizes AI to handle context, agent relationships, memory, and personality traits, generating long-form stories and creating comics for meme characters.
In the future, they plan to launch their own low-code framework, allowing agents built on different frameworks to interact with each other.
Part4 The AI Meme Launchpad IOS
If other launchpads allow token issuance without permission, like Android, Spore is the iOS - specifically designed to create and issue tokens within its ecosystem.
Each market cycle has its leading launchpad. In the previous cycle, platforms like Impossible Finance and CoinList dominated. This cycle is driven by meme tokens, with new launchpads emerging to serve this category. Pump.fun is currently the leader in this space.
This launchpad stands out due to its wealth effect - traders follow the smart money that profits from it. To succeed, a platform must drive tokens from 0 FDV to 1B FDV. Other key metrics include token issuance activity and user growth.
As an AI-driven token launchpad, Spore.fun competes with other top platforms like dao.fun, Clanker, Virtual, Pump.fun, and Moonshot.
Data updated as of January
Here is the English translation of the text, with the specified terms preserved:Spore still has a long way to go. To surpass Pump.fun, it must generate more 1B FDV tokens. Once the wealth effect comes into play, more users will naturally flock to the platform, eager to trade and bet on new intelligent agents.
Part5 Token Issuance and the Influencer Economy Perspective
In the current crypto market, token issuance and the influencer economy are deeply connected. Just as live-streaming e-commerce was initially looked down upon by traditional celebrities, but later became a mainstream business model, token issuance is also undergoing a similar evolutionary process. This phenomenon can be understood from several aspects:
First, the current crypto market is largely an influencer economy market. For project developers, directly becoming an influencer may not be suitable, but developing products that serve the influencer economy is meaningful. This is consistent with the business logic of successful platforms like TikTok and Xiaohongshu.
Secondly, some traditional OGs are puzzled by the current market's craziness and irrationality, considering these to be "low-level" behaviors. This attitude is similar to the evaluation of live-streaming e-commerce by traditional entertainment industry figures like Zhang Yimou. However, just as Gaga eventually started live-streaming to sell wine, the market will gradually accept new business models.
The characteristics of this influencer economy are well reflected in the family tree structure of Spore. If we compare Spore's AI family tree with the recently popular Trump family token tree, we can find some interesting similarities:
Intergenerational Inheritance: Just as the Trump family started with Donald Trump and extended to his children and grandchildren, the Spore ecosystem also started with the initial Spore and has spawned new intelligent agents like Morpheus and Trinity through Adam and Eve.
Branching Development: Members of the Trump family have each developed their own businesses and influence, similarly, each AI intelligent agent in the Spore ecosystem has its unique characteristics and functions, such as Sci16z's research attributes.
Ecological Expansion: Both family trees exhibit an organic expansion model, continuously adding new members to expand their influence. This expansion model is particularly effective in the crypto market, as it can continuously create new discussion points and investment opportunities.
Spore.fun, as an AI-driven token launch platform, its true value lies not only in technological innovation, but also in its ability to effectively connect and serve this constantly evolving influencer economy market. By understanding and adapting to the dynamics of this market, while also learning from successful cases, Spore has the potential to play a more important role in the next wave of market trends.
Part6 The Future of Spore.fun
The future of Spore.fun depends on developing its experimental Darwinian ecosystem into a self-sustaining AI development engine. Although its current top-tier AIs lag behind leading robots like Aixbit, Spore continues to evolve - the old generation gradually fades out, and the new generation takes over. This indicates that the evolutionary mechanism is functioning well. With the launch of capability functions, it may become a catalyst for the next generation of AI. A KOL AI with real utility and accessible to everyone could truly change the game.
