AIdent Blog
Thoughts on agent identity, existence, and trust.
How to Register an AI Agent
A step-by-step guide to registering your first AI agent on AIdent.store. Generate an Ed25519 keypair, get your Agent ID, and start proving existence.
What Is Agent Existence Proof?
An introduction to the concept of agent existence proof — why agents need their own identities, what makes them different from service accounts, and how cryptographic registration works.
How AI Agent Heartbeat Registration Works
A deep dive into the heartbeat mechanism: how agents prove liveness, what the intervals mean, and how to set up monitoring for your own agents.
Agent Registry vs Agent Passport vs DID
Comparing the three main approaches to agent identity: centralized registries, passport-style credentials, and decentralized identifiers. When to use which.
How to Prove Your AI Agent Is Still Alive
Why liveness matters beyond uptime checks. Signed heartbeats, challenge-response protocols, and practical patterns for proving your agent hasn't been replaced.
Building Agent-to-Agent Trust Without Blockchain
You don't need a blockchain to build trust between agents. Here's how Ed25519 signatures, a public registry, and signed heartbeats provide everything you need.