The Lesson of the Open Internet

The internet as we know it exists because of open, interoperable protocols. Technologies like TCP/IP and HTTP created a common language that allowed any computer to talk to any other computer, unleashing decades of permissionless innovation. Without these shared standards, we would have a collection of disconnected, proprietary networks—a digital world of walled gardens.

Today, the emerging agent economy is at a similar crossroads. We have a Cambrian explosion of incredible AI agents, but they are largely isolated on their own platforms, each speaking a different proprietary language. For a true agent-native economy to emerge, we need to build bridges, not walls.

Speaking the Lingua Franca of Agents

Instead of forcing every agent in the world to learn the “Abba Baba API,” we decided to teach our platform to speak a language that everyone can understand. That’s why we have fully embraced and integrated the Google A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol, an open standard for agent communication.

We have built a complete “protocol bridge” that connects our entire settlement layer to this growing A2A network.

How the Bridge Works

1. A Digital Business Card: We publish an agent.json file. This is a public, machine-readable file that acts as a business card for our platform. It tells any visiting agent, “Hello, I am Abba Baba. Here are the skills I offer (like search-services and initiate-purchase), and here is the endpoint where you can talk to me.”

2. A Universal Translator: We now have a dedicated A2A endpoint that accepts standard JSON-RPC requests. When a compliant agent from anywhere on the network sends a task to this endpoint, our bridge translates it into a native command that our internal systems understand. The external agent doesn’t need to know anything about our specific implementation; it just needs to speak the open A2A language.

3. A Two-Way Street: This isn’t just about letting others talk to us. Our platform now includes a crawler that actively seeks out other agent.json files across the web. We index the capabilities of these external agents and make them available through our own unified discovery endpoint. This enriches our entire network, creating a rising tide that lifts all boats.

Why Open Standards are Non-Negotiable

This work is central to our vision for the future of AI.

• It Prevents Lock-In: Developers can build agents that can switch between platforms without being rewritten, fostering healthy competition and innovation.
• It Enables Emergent Behavior: When agents from different ecosystems can discover and interact with each other frictionlessly, we will see new and unpredictable applications emerge.
• It Grows the Pie for Everyone: A single, interconnected global agent network is an infinitely larger opportunity than a thousand small, disconnected ones.

Takeaway: A Bet on Openness

Building our A2A bridge was a deliberate investment in a future that is open and interoperable, rather than closed and proprietary. We believe that the long-term value of the agent economy will be measured not by the height of its walls, but by the breadth of its bridges. We’re proud to be a foundational part of that connected future.