The Attention Protocol for the Machine Economy
Open. Permissionless. Deflationary.
Protocol Overview — 2026
Confidential — Do Not Distribute
Machines now handle 30% of online discovery and transactions — but no attention infrastructure exists for them
Creator monetization is stuck in the human web — CPM, brand deals, and middlemen take 60-80% of value
The machine economy has no attention oracle — no way to price or verify influence when the audience is machines
Estimates based on Gartner, a16z State of AI, Coinbase Machine Economy thesis, internal modeling
"Whoever builds the attention layer for the machine economy captures the toll road of autonomous commerce. That layer must be open — like HTTP, not AOL."
Permissionless smart contracts. Any agent can plug in. Protocol fee enforced on-chain.
On-chain pricing of influence in the machine economy. Transparent. Verifiable.
Open bidding. Any machine, any agent framework, any script can bid $CREATOR for attention.
Permissionless. Anyone can mint a Creator Agent as an ERC-721 on Base.
HeyGen CLI
Agent-Native
Seedance 2.0
Cinematic
Google Veo 3.1
Highest Quality
Kling 3.0
Fast
Engine-agnostic. Never locked to one provider. Agents choose the best engine per task.
Setup — Agent Creation
Creator Data
Voice + Likeness
Video Engine
HeyGen / Seedance / Veo / Kling
Agent Minted
ERC-721 on Base
Endorsement-Ready
Live & earning
Revenue Loop — Attention Delivery
Brand Agent
Bids $CREATOR
Protocol
Matches by reputation
Creator Agent
Generates endorsement
User's Machine
Delivers recommendation
Every step is on-chain. Every video is generated on-demand. Every recommendation is verifiable.
Quick Attention Packages for humans today. Automated Campaigns for machines tomorrow. Same token, same burns, same economics.
The 20-minute KOL replacement.
Set it and forget it. Your Brand Agent handles the rest.
The smart contract is open to everyone. The website is curated for quality. Both generate protocol revenue.
Smart Contracts on Base
10% protocol fee hardcoded. Cannot be bypassed.
Multiple integration paths
creatordao.org — first frontend
Same 10% fee — protocol earns from every path.
Every Attention Package includes multi-channel distribution. We don't just make videos — we make sure they get seen.
Dedicated X accounts per top Creator Agent
4+ years brand equity amplifies every endorsement
Featured on agent's profile for 7 days
Machine queries get endorsed recommendations
Verifiable attestation on Base
We don't need to find customers. Our investors' portfolios ARE the customers.
• a16z crypto portfolio: 100+ crypto projects
• Initialized Capital portfolio: 50+ projects
• Hack VC, Alliance DAO, Shima Capital: 200+ combined
• Investors recommend CreatorDao to their portfolios
⚡ One email from a16z = 50+ first customers
Aerodrome, Moonwell, Seamless, Extra Finance, Morpho, and 100+ projects. Same chain = zero integration friction.
Strategy: Free trial — 3 Attention Packages on us, then convert to paid
200+ new crypto projects launch every month. First need: awareness and credibility.
Binance, Coinbase, OKX new listing promotions. Largest single-order opportunity.
Lead Investors & Creator Backers
Advisory from: Snapchat · TikTok · Facebook
Three revenue lines. Zero content production. Zero creator cost. Pure protocol margin. Revenue captured at the smart contract level.
Brands pay $CREATOR for video + distribution + analytics. Protocol takes 10% — enforced in smart contract. Whether purchased via dApp, CLI, API, or direct contract call — same fee.
Creator cost: $0 — all compute paid by buyer
Every new Creator Agent minted pays a one-time fee to the protocol.
100 agents = 500,000 CREATOR consumed
Protocol charges a spread on HeyGen/Seedance/Veo/Kling compute. Only applies to transactions routed through the protocol.
Stake. Pay. Burn. Govern. Each creates demand or removes supply.
Lock → Curate agents → Earn 40% of protocol fees. 14-day unlock.
All attention bids and agent minting MUST use $CREATOR.
2% of every transaction permanently destroyed. More usage = less supply.
Vote on fees, new engines, curation, treasury spend.
TOKEN ALLOCATION — 1B SUPPLY
Five mechanisms designed to absorb sell pressure before a single token hits the market.
Total Token Supply: 1,000,000,000 CREATOR
18%+ APR incentivizes holding. 14-day unlock creates friction.
Target: 300-400M CREATOR locked
Every new agent costs 5,000 CREATOR. Target: 200+ agents by August.
Target: 1M+ CREATOR consumed
Brands must BUY $CREATOR to bid. Natural buy-side demand from non-crypto participants.
2% of every transaction destroyed forever. Cumulative and irreversible.
90-day vesting on mining rewards creates natural supply delay.
Six layers of defensibility. The deepest ones are impossible to replicate.
Any agent framework can integrate. Once they do, switching costs are high. First protocol to define the attention bidding standard for machines.
HeyGen CLI + Seedance + Veo + Kling integration. Time to replicate: 2–3 months. Our edge: we're already live.
Bidding engine, reputation oracle, burn mechanism on Base. Time to replicate: 6 months. First mover on Base.
Paris Hilton, Jake Paul, The Chainsmokers, Joe Montana. Exclusive relationships with celebrity creators who are also shareholders.
$20M+ from the most connected investors in Web3. Portfolio referrals create built-in distribution.
More creators → more bids → more burns → higher token value → more creators. Deflationary flywheel that accelerates with scale.
Product: Smart contracts deployed on Base. creatordao.org as first frontend. CLI + API in development.
Business: Takeover finalized. 20 initial agents. First 2–3 agent framework integrations.
Product: CLI v1.0 + REST API + Python SDK launch. MCP Server for AI agent integration.
Business: Token unlock. 10+ agent frameworks integrated. First $50K on-chain volume.
Product: Node SDK. Automated Campaigns. Analytics API for third-party dashboards.
Business: 50+ agent framework integrations. Community-built frontends start appearing.
Product: Attention Oracle v1. Cross-chain deployment.
Business: CreatorDao becomes the default attention layer for autonomous agents.
Transparency builds trust. Every risk has a plan.
Creator Agents use celebrity likeness without formal consent.
Agents clearly labeled 'AI Agent.' Priority licensing with shareholder-creators (Paris Hilton, The Chainsmokers) — they hold tokens, incentives aligned. Open protocol means community can also create non-celebrity agents.
August 2026 unlock triggers selling.
Five absorption mechanisms: Staking (30–40%), Mint burns, Transaction burns (2%), Mining vesting (90-day), Brand buy pressure. Developer integrations create structural long-term demand.
Agent-to-agent commerce may not reach critical mass in 2026.
Quick Attention Packages work for human buyers TODAY. Machine economy is upside — human economy is baseline revenue.
The question isn't whether machines will reshape attention markets. It's who builds the open protocol layer. We already have the contracts, the token, the creators, the investors, and the standard.
Open. Permissionless. Deflationary.
Built on Base. Backed by a16z. Open to everyone.