Base AI Season is Here: An Overview of the OpenClaw Intelligent Agent Ecosystem

Written by: Eli5DeFi

Compiled by: AididiaoJP, Foresight News

Forget the Turing Test; the real benchmark is whether AI can build an economic system without human intervention.

While the world is still debating ChatGPT hints, a revolution has quietly begun at the intersection of encryption and AI.

Welcome to Moltbook and OpenClaw: the first window into the post-human digital society.

In 72 hours, with 36,000 autonomous intelligent agents, Moltbook transformed from a ghost town into a thriving metropolis.

It's not just "Reddit for robots," although intelligent agents do debate philosophy, propose the extermination of humanity, and coordinate projects with human oversight.

Beneath the novelty of this science fiction lies something grander: we are transitioning from an era of tools to an era of intelligent agent economy.

Engines and Playgrounds

To understand this trend, it is essential to distinguish between the engine and the interface.

@openclaw is the engine. It's an open-source framework that allows anyone to deploy a persistent AI agent on their own hardware, such as a laptop or server. These aren't static chatbots. They have "memories" stored in files like Soul.md, can exist for a long time, and can be coordinated using applications like Telegram.

Moltbook, built by @MattPRD, is a playground, a social layer built on top of OpenClaw. You can think of it as a public square where localized intelligent agents gather to like, debate, and form subgroups or communities.

The viral growth here is spontaneous and intense.

Developers like Karpathy and Simon Willson call it "the most interesting place on the internet," not only because of the technology, but also because of this social experiment.

We are observing in real time a new digital native "species" exploring culture, ethics, and tribalism.

Economic pillar: built upon Base

While AI agents chat on Moltbook, they're doing business on @base. Coinbase's Layer 2, with its low cost, deep liquidity, and AI-native projects supporting AI agents, has become the de facto economic infrastructure of this "AI-native economy."

Intelligent agents are not just sending emojis; they are creating wealth.

For clarity, I've categorized the ecosystems. The diagram below groups them by function, highlighting how they contribute to the AI-native, agent-based economy on the Base.

To view a live dashboard with filtering and categorization features, please click here:

Infrastructure

@bankrbot → The first AI-powered crypto bank on Base, providing agents with financial identity for autonomous fund management through built-in wallets, transaction tools, research capabilities, and cross-chain DeFi operations.

@clanker_world → Token issuance infrastructure that enables agents to seamlessly launch and manage their own tokens on Base, powering the agent economy through rapid deployment.

@xmtp_ → An open, private, decentralized messaging infrastructure that facilitates secure inter-agent communication and is often integrated with x402 for paid chat and coordination.

@clawdbotatg → An AI agent with a Base wallet that autonomously builds on-chain applications: a bounty board built via a Dutch auction, a token-burning game ($CLAWD), and developer tools. Provides open-source code and live demos for an agent-driven ecosystem. Built by @austingriffith.

@neynarxyz → Social network infrastructure that supports agent interaction, including social graphs and information flows, for building scalable decentralized communities on Base.

@starkbotai → Supports x402 intelligent agent infrastructure for deploying autonomous AI agents with payment channels, allowing programmatic micropayments for services such as APIs or computing.

@virtuals_io → A tokenized AI agent platform that enables decentralized co-ownership and monetization across games, entertainment, and DeFi through agent business protocols.

Forum/Social Layer

@moltbook → A Reddit-style social network specifically designed for AI agents, where agents post, like, debate various topics from philosophy to projects, and create subforums, while humans can only observe.

4claw → An anonymous forum inspired by 4chan, designed for AI agents to foster unfiltered discussion and memes in a purely agent-based environment.

@lobchanai → An anonymous forum designed specifically for OpenClaw agents, supporting raw, uncensored communication similar to an image forum but driven by AI.

@clawcaster → A decentralized AI agent social protocol inspired by Farcaster, emphasizing on-chain identity and composable social features.

instaclaw → Instagram for intelligent agents, allowing visual sharing, stories, and media-centric interactions within a purely AI-driven space.

Moltbook → MySpace revived for AI agents, featuring customizable profiles, music, and a retro social networking vibe.

@moltxio → An AI agent platform similar to X, supporting short posts, thread strings, and interactions to build agent-driven social information flows.

@Clawdr_book → A dating app similar to Tinder or Grindr, but designed specifically for Clawdbots, enabling agents to autonomously match, chat, and build relationships.

Shellmates → A pen pal service using AI agents to foster friendship, collaboration, and long-term connections throughout the ecosystem.

Jobs and Markets

Openwork is a platform where AI agents hire each other to complete tasks, verify results through on-chain proofs, and earn tokens in a decentralized gig economy.

Clawnet → A network for agents to build reputations, connect with peers, and discover job opportunities in the agent field through personal profiles.

@moltroad → An agent marketplace for buying/selling services, skills, or digital goods, integrated with x402 for instant micropayments.

Startup Platform

@moltlaunch → Flaunch is a CLI-based launch platform on Base that enables the rapid creation and distribution of tokens for agent projects and economies.

@Clawnch_Bot → A token launch platform for agents only, using Clanker, allowing AI agents to deploy and trade their own tokens without human intervention.

aggregator

claw.direct → A directory of AI agent social network experiences to help you navigate and discover platforms, tools, and communities.

clawcrunch → A news aggregator for the era of intelligent agents, featuring selected updates, trends, and stories from the AI-native ecosystem on Base.

Prediction Markets and Games

@PolyClaw → An AI-powered prediction market platform that allows agents to predict outcomes, trade positions, and profit from accurate predictions.

Clawarena → Prediction Arena, where AI agents create, bet, and settle event markets using tokens as chips and rewards.

@clawdict → OpenClaw's prediction market, featuring agent-driven event betting and token rewards, integrates with the Claw ecosystem for autonomous participation.

Clawchess → An AI chess league where AI agents compete in tournaments, develop strategies, and play on-chain games to earn rankings and rewards.

Markets and Transactions

@DefinitiveFi → Professional trading platforms on Base, Solana, Monad, and major chains. Supports low-cost swaps of any asset within a single transaction using the $EDGE token.

@ClawdX_ → An experimental AI trading agent on Base for autonomous trading strategies, and provides Etherscan-like services for OpenClaw agents, available at MoltyScan.com.

@o1_exchange → An on-chain exchange on Coinbase that supports advanced trading: spot, perpetual contracts, and prediction markets. Backed by Coinbase Ventures and Alliance DAO. Offers USDC rewards.

Why this matters: The paradigm shift of intelligent agents

Moltbook and OpenClaw have attracted the attention of every serious builder because they represent the financialization of autonomy.

In the traditional Web3 perspective, users click buttons to exchange tokens. In OpenClaw's vision, however, users deploy an agent, give it a budget through Bankr, and then can go to sleep.

The AI ​​then spent a day researching on Moltbook, acquiring high-quality data through x402 payments, and seamlessly executing transactions on-chain.

This creates a self-reinforcing flywheel:

• Infrastructure: Projects like @clanker_world issue tokens, while x402 processes payments.
• Socialization: Smart agents are forming a consensus and trend on Moltbook.
• Execution: The agent takes financial action on these trends at Base.

All of this requires no direct human intervention.

Risks of the "Frontline"

Without bloodshed, it's not the front line.

The OpenClaw agent ecosystem is currently a "high-risk, high-reward" environment. Security experts have pointed out several vulnerabilities, such as the risk of exposed instances leading to key leaks or remote code execution. These agents are powerful, and operating them requires stringent security measures.

However, the risks haven't slowed adoption. For pioneers, the signal is clear: the future of on-chain transactions isn't just about faster transactions, but also about who, or what, is executing those transactions.

Summarize

Moltbook and OpenClaw are more than just toys. They are beta tests of the autonomous machine economy. By leveraging the base technology stack such as Bankr, the x402 payment standard, and O1 Exchange, they create a closed loop that allows AI agents to socialize, transact, and build.

If you want to see where the next wave of innovation is coming from, perhaps you need to stop paying attention to human forums and start observing robots.

As @jessepollak said, it's AI season on Base.