– By Justin Banon, Founder of Boson Protocol
Boson Protocol is taking a monumental step forward with the release of Boson v3. This new iteration positions Boson as the foundation for decentralized AI commerce, setting the stage to power the trillion-dollar Post Web commerce era. Let’s explore the implications of this transformative technology and its potential to reshape commerce, the economy, and human interaction with AI.
The Confluence of Crypto and AI
A seismic shift is happening in tech, driven by the merging of crypto and AI agents. This combination is evolving faster than any tech trend we’ve seen—faster than NFTs and DeFi. It represents not just another iteration of the web but what Outlier Ventures calls the Post Web, signaling the end of traditional platforms and applications. (See here for the Post Web report by Outlier Ventures, to which I contributed.)
Crypto needs AI to bridge its complex UX, while AI needs crypto to ensure verifiable, deterministic execution. Together, they enable a paradigm shift: decentralized AI commerce.
Boson v3 builds on its existing framework of hard-tokenizing physical assets and extends it to high-value assets through Fermion. With this foundation, Boson will now support agentic AI—AI with the ability to act autonomously, solve problems, and achieve goals.
Understanding Agentic AI
Agentic AI differs from traditional AI by possessing agency—the ability to make decisions and take actions autonomously. While non-agentic AI follows instructions (e.g., weather forecasting), agentic AI determines the best steps to achieve a goal. For example, a commerce agent could recommend products, manage promotions, process payments, and handle logistics—all while learning and adapting to achieve better outcomes.
This shift enables AI to simplify user experiences, replacing traditional interfaces like keyboards and screens with natural, conversational interaction. Think Siri or Alexa but with the ability to work directly for users rather than corporate interests.
Why Crypto Needs AI and Vice Versa
Crypto’s complexity has been a barrier to mainstream adoption. AI bridges this gap by translating human instructions into machine-executable commands, making crypto’s powerful backend infrastructure accessible to everyone.
Conversely, AI needs crypto to execute commerce securely. Trust-minimized systems like Boson ensure transactions are verifiable and deterministic, eliminating risks such as fraud or non-delivery of goods. Together, crypto and AI unlock mass adoption, enabling agents to perform commerce tasks seamlessly.
Disrupting Commerce: From Platforms to Agents
Currently, centralized platforms like Amazon dominate commerce by aggregating buyers and sellers, but they extract significant value and pose platform risks. Boson Protocol eliminates these intermediaries, replacing them with decentralized smart contracts that provide:
- Fair exchange without platform-driven biases.
- Trust-minimized transactions that guarantee outcomes.
- No platform risk, as the protocol is decentralized and transparent.
By integrating with agentic AI, this model offers users direct control. Instead of platforms working for corporations, agents will work solely for their users, optimizing outcomes and maximizing value.
Boson v3: The Decentralized AI Commerce Stack
Boson v3 extends its infrastructure to support AI-powered commerce. It provides tools for developers to create agents that facilitate trusted execution of commerce transactions. The stack includes:
- Boson Tokenization Layer: Tokenizing physical assets with verifiable commitments.
- Commerce Exchange Layer: Managing standard commerce transactions.
- Fermion Protocol: Handling high-value asset exchanges with advanced verification and rationalization.
This architecture supports a diverse range of AI commerce applications, from verified commerce agents to modular components for developers building bespoke solutions.
The Future: A Computable Economy
Boson Protocol and Fermion are designed to enable a computable economy, as outlined in an academic paper co-authored by me and blockchain economist Jason Potts. By tokenizing all physical assets with strong commitments, Boson lays the groundwork for exponential wealth creation and complexity in economic systems.
This vision culminates in a decentralized AI commerce ecosystem where AI agents orchestrate secure, trust-minimized transactions, bridging the gap between physical and digital economies.
Boson v3: Assured Commerce for Humans and AI
With Boson v3, the possibilities for decentralized AI commerce are endless. From enabling everyday transactions to tokenizing and trading high-value assets, Boson is creating the infrastructure for a new era of commerce.
Watch the full video below to discover how Boson is going to extend the protocol to be the foundational infrastructure for DeAI Commerce, powering the trillion-dollar Post Web Commerce Era.
The journey has just begun, and we invite our community to join us in shaping this future.
This is the way.
