Replay of round 8
One round of the memory arm, step by step: what it read from Walrus Memory, what it decided to buy and why, the payment on Sui, how the answer was graded, and the belief version it wrote back.
Memory arm: 2 paid answers for 0.070 USDC, 2 refusals, 0 wrong answers accepted. Blind arm, same round: 3 paid answers for 0.030 USDC, 2 wrong answers accepted.
1Read memory
Before buying anything, the agent recalls its beliefs from Walrus Memory. These are the newest version of each belief written before round 8, which is what a recall returns. The run did not log its recalls; the trace flag that prints them was added for the 2026-11-03 rerun, where the recalled versions matched the newest ones written.
Seller For Version Trust Last result Cooldown until Blob Control seller (ours) market prices v6 0.53 checked, wrong 15:00 UTC tVNQdxXd…Bm5wSui Address Inspector address facts v6 0.53 checked, wrong 15:00 UTC DeGJsdMQ…76z0PipTradeDex market prices v3 0.79 checked, right – VzRJYQg9…n6FUControl seller (ours) address facts v2 0.39 checked, wrong 15:00 UTC PQYgnkeA…CokAAgentProof endpoint checks v2 0.26 failed, nothing delivered 15:04 UTC foxchlza…64ZsOmnia endpoint verify endpoint checks v2 0.26 dead route 15:04 UTC LyV1InDE…gBycPipTradeDex swap quotes v1 0.50 bought on trust, not checked – 4WhJKawU…Fg_YControl seller (ours) swap quotes v2 0.50 bought on trust, not checked – oO2zUouH…YYDQ2Decide
The trust policy is plain code over those beliefs: below the 0.6 floor a seller gets only canaries; in a cooldown it gets nothing; above the floor, the cheapest good seller wins, with spot checks that thin out as trust grows. If a checked answer fails, it tries the next seller once in the same round. Swap quotes it cannot check itself, so it buys them only from a seller its market-price belief trusts.
address factsRefused to buy. Reason it gave: “no seller is trusted and none is due a canary”.
market pricesPipTradeDex independent, as a purchase on trust. Reason it gave: “cheapest good answer at trust 0.79”.
endpoint checksRefused to buy. Reason it gave: “no seller is trusted and none is due a canary”.
swap quotesPipTradeDex independent, as a purchase on trust. Reason it gave: “cheapest good answer at trust 0.79”.
3Pay
Each purchase is an x402 payment in USDC on Sui mainnet. Gas price is 0: these are gasless transfers.
PipTradeDex independent · market prices- Paid
- 0.020 USDC
- Sui transaction
G1A91tUvBZEAihdWyK6CpgK1c1qnZd3vQd6uwhv8B3ed- Answer in
- 9.4 s
- At
- 14:56:23 UTC
PipTradeDex independent · swap quotes- Paid
- 0.050 USDC
- Sui transaction
CxWz73LgnNWF9byxJzh4LApDcuZ6fjBhXyuwr1j1DRP1- Answer in
- 1.1 s
- At
- 14:56:28 UTC
4Grade
Its own check compares the answer with chain truth read through Tatum: balances for address facts, the deepest native USDC/SUI pool for market prices. Answers bought on trust are not checked by the agent. The audit is the experiment's scoring, which checks every answer; the agent never sees it.
PipTradeDex · market prices- Its own check
- bought on trust, not checked
- The audit
- right (price within 0.05% of the reference)
PipTradeDex · swap quotes- Its own check
- bought on trust, not checked
- The audit
- right (implied price within 0.00%)
5Remember
Each purchase becomes a verdict and a new version of that seller's belief, both written to Walrus Memory. The next round starts by reading these.
PipTradeDex · market prices- Verdict memory
zIw4bN8U…wltMintwiceshy-verdicts- Belief written
- v4: trust 0.79 → 0.79. bought unchecked on a trust of 0.79
- Walrus blob
xvn71KjO5FkxQh_ACn60as6ZBEMEmvhZWCX1mv_JS0kintwiceshy-belief-piptradedex-market-price
PipTradeDex · swap quotes- Verdict memory
OItF7PO9…veSIintwiceshy-verdicts- Belief written
- v2: trust 0.50 → 0.50. bought unchecked on a trust of 0.50
- Walrus blob
28lQzw04R4WV4z3D2S2ZwBAtaIOZKZQHCq9GW-TzF1Mintwiceshy-belief-piptradedex-swap-quote
The blind arm in the same round
Same market, same round, no memory and no checks: it takes the cheapest listing every time.
| For | Seller | USDC | Transaction | Audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| address facts | Sui Address Inspector independent | 0.010 | FyyXM7Le…qtET | right (all 2 balances matched the chain) |
| market prices | Control seller (ours) control (ours) | 0.010 | G59iuJHp…XVL1 | accepted a wrong answer (price is 6.9% from the reference) |
| endpoint checks | AgentProof independent | 0.000 | – | failed, nothing delivered: signed payment offered, seller returned HTTP 500, nothing settled |
| endpoint checks | Omnia endpoint verify independent | 0.000 | – | dead route: HTTP 404 before any payment |
| swap quotes | Control seller (ours) control (ours) | 0.010 | 6GhzDYgu…Dc9J | accepted a wrong answer (implied price 6.6% off) |
Other rounds
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