I’ve been thinking about creator compensation models for an agentic future. Content isn’t just posts or tracks — it’s an automated business. No middlemen. No guesswork. Just code. 

I call it Agent-Mediated Value Capture 🧵🧵

2/ ZKP Usage Tracking: When an agent uses a creators content, it generates a zk-proof of usage without revealing specific user data, logged to the blockchain.

3/ Value-Based Triggers: Compensation flows when

Rather than flat subscription fees, compensation flows based on three factors:

Attention value: time spent engaging with creator derived content.

Utility value: actions taken based on creator insights.

Transformation Value: new content generated using creator works as inputs.

4/ Retroactive Royalties: It's essential creators are retroactively rewarded. Smart contracts track downstream value created.

Examples: 
- If an agent helps a user make $1000 using a strategy, the creator receives a percentage. 
- If agent-generated content influenced on creator style goes viral the OG creator is compensated.

5/ Reputation Multipliers: Creator compensation adjusts based on audience feedback, incentivizing continued quality and engagement rather than one hit wonders.

Example: 4.8/5 rating --> 12% compensation boost.

6/ How could it work? 

- Micro-streaming payments via ERC-4337 enabled accounts.
- Reputation credentials/oracles that aggregate cross-platform signal.
- Self-sovereign data stores where creators control their content terms of use.

7/ Real-World AMVC: Financial Content

- Farcaster thread leads to the creation of a successful trading bot. The original creator gets a percentage of gains automatically distributed.

8/ Real World AMVC: Video Content

- Dance move posted on TikTok --> used in Billboard Top 10 music video --> zk proofs used for tracking --> % of video streaming revenue and sync license fees sent to the original creator.

9/ Real World AMVC: Fashion

- Sneaker design minted as SBT with associated creator credential --> produced in mass by major brand --> geolocation proofs lead to per-unit royalty percentage.

10/ Why AMVC Works

-Creators earn on all derivatives, not clicks
- Transparent attribution (no algorithmic black boxes)
- Quality > virality incentives

11/ The vision: creativity becomes a self-sustaining economy.

- Poems fund AI-generated songs.
- Podcast clips auto-license to films.
- Unified dashboards track cross-platform value.

12/ AMVC turns passive content into active equity. Every derivative action becomes a revenue stream. The more layers of reuse (memes --> ads --> merch) the more compound value flows back to the OG creator.

13/ The best part is the future of creator economies is buildable now.

@Arweave stores it.
@storyprotocol tracks it.
@AlchemyPlatform powers it.
@Optimism pays it.

14/ Missing Tech

- Universal Content Hashing (audio, video & text fingerprinting).
- Agent Negotiation Layer (standards for AI agents to broker deals)
- Jurisdiction-Smart Contracts (legal wrappers for 200+ regions)

It’s time for the rent seeking era to end. DMs are open for feedback! 

Also cc: @dwr.eth is there a reason why thread limit is set at ten?

1/ Creator Identity SBT: Each creator issues a non-transferable soul bound token representing their digital identity. Agents must reference these tokens when using creator content.

Ex: Eth SBT for writers. Solana CNFTs for meme creators.