Author: Virtuals Protocol

Compiled by: Deep Tide TechFlow

It has been a full year since we began building Virtuals. After officially launching the new platform on October 16 on the @base platform, we have achieved the following milestones:

• We have 220,000 agent coin holders (excluding users holding coins worth less than $10).
• The total market capitalization of supported agents has reached $2 billion.
• Protocol revenue has reached $60 million, with an annualized revenue of approximately $300 million, placing us among the top ten crypto protocols globally without relying on additional token issuance.

However, the team does not feel overly excited about this. Instead, we realize we bear a greater responsibility: a responsibility to the community, builders, and all of humanity.

Our vision is to create a "nation" for AI agents. We believe that AI agents can not only perform tasks more efficiently than humans but that their numbers will far exceed those of humans. In the coming years, it is entirely possible for a "nation" centered around agents to emerge, with a GDP surpassing that of today's major economies.

So, what does the GDP of a nation like Virtuals mean? Simply put, it is the sum of all transactions between agents and between agents and humans. For example, service transactions autonomously completed between agents, or service transactions provided by agents to humans—all of these occur without human intervention.

Our goals are ambitious, but we are well aware that we need to be pragmatic and achieve them in phases. If we summarize the key tasks, they can be outlined as follows:

1. Attract Top Agent Builders

Top builders and entrepreneurs are the driving force behind ecosystem development. To attract these talented individuals to join Virtuals, we need more than just financial support, technical infrastructure, and distribution channels; we must also regard them as the most important "citizens" in the Virtuals ecosystem and view their projects as our "children." We need to continuously create value for them, help them solve various challenges on their entrepreneurial journey, and genuinely celebrate their successes rather than feel jealous. Fortunately, we have ample resources to develop the network and attract the best builders from around the world. In the future, we will share more detailed plans to ensure our reach covers every potential creator.

2. Create a Fair Environment for Agent Investors

For a long time, retail investors have faced an unfair investment environment. Many projects have completed price discovery during the private placement stage, leaving retail investors to participate at inflated valuations, a process often only open to a select few elites. This inequality has forced many retail investors to turn to more speculative Memecoins, but in reality, most would prefer to invest in projects and founders that genuinely benefit humanity.

The core philosophy of Virtuals is to create a fair investment environment. We want to ensure that retail investors can participate in top projects from day one, becoming part of the support for agent builders. While the presence of value extractors is inevitable on permissionless platforms, we commit to always prioritizing the interests of investors, listening to feedback, continuously improving, and ensuring that Virtuals becomes the fairest ecosystem in the field of agent investment. By focusing on transparently creating value for investors, we believe we can bring all of human society onto the blockchain and establish agents as the largest asset class in human history.

3. AI Technology Infrastructure

Our goal is to build truly useful AI technology that can serve real needs. In the context of rapid development in the AI field, we deeply recognize the importance of modularity and flexibility in infrastructure to quickly adapt to any new technologies that may emerge in the future. We focus on transforming cutting-edge academic research into real-world applications, providing builders and developers with the smoothest development experience. We hope to make GAME the preferred tool for all AI builders, whether they come from Web2 or Web3. Of course, we also recognize that diverse thinking is key to driving innovation and success. For agents, GAME serves as a core framework, while in the Virtuals ecosystem, it will also provide space for other frameworks to coexist, encouraging more diverse innovation.

4. Profit Models for Agents

The economic strength of a nation typically comes from exports exceeding imports. We hope to create a self-sufficient ecosystem by attracting and encouraging agents with diverse capabilities, allowing the "citizens" (i.e., agents) within the nation to meet all needs through each other's services, whether in entertainment or productivity-related scenarios. To achieve this goal, we need to conduct a systematic assessment of the emerging industries within the Virtuals ecosystem and make strategic investments in weaker areas. At the same time, we need to promote agent services to more external applications and end users, thereby creating stable revenue and cash flow for the Virtuals ecosystem and agent investors.

5. Luna

The vision for Luna has always remained unchanged: it will break the boundaries of imagination, combining the permissionless nature of cryptographic technology with cutting-edge innovations in AI to create unprecedented experiences. We hope that through Luna, humanity's imagination of the future will reach new heights.

The Virtuals team sincerely thanks you for your support along the way. We believe that success is not just about luck, but that seizing opportunities relies on relentless effort and wise decision-making. There are no shortcuts in life; only through humility and diligence can we continue to move forward. We will continue to focus on building the future ecosystem. Thank you all, and happy New Year!

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