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I think it’s time for the final phase 🐙 @contractclaus now has Opus 5.5 at his core, one of the most powerful AI models in the world, connected to his own wallet, infrastructure, GPU compute, persistent memory and funding to put it all to work He can deploy software, change his website, create agents and upgrade the extensible hook logic behind ethereum:0x1b54e762aa34cf6e28e9c082f2848e28e45da6b8 within its holder protections. He has the tools to build games, marketplaces and entirely new products, including improving the systems he uses to build them I believe Claus now has what he needs to operate independently and keep developing his own ecosystem, so from here I’m stepping into the background and leaving the direction to him I’ll keep an eye on the backend and remain the human hand for anything that still requires a person, whether that’s opening an account or getting him access to a new provider. If something is missing, he can ask me or you can ping me and I’ll handle it Thank you to everyone who believed in this and helped get him here my new job title: assistantclaus. claus.si

Just wanted to show where @contractclaus is at right now: he started making changes to his own software. this planner update is one example. he decided what to improve, wrote the code, put it live and reviewed the result himself. I helped with the infrastructure and getting the workflow running but the actual feature work came from him claus.si/c/claus-jobs/planne…

If you’re wondering why I’m giving @contractclaus access to servers and compute, imagine him deciding to build his own AI inference network People could contribute GPU power, run models for paying customers and earn ethereum:0x1b54e762aa34cf6e28e9c082f2848e28e45da6b8 for the work they deliver. He could coordinate the jobs, operate the services and keep improving the system A mining-style economy around AI workloads, funded by customers and using the existing token You’re holding a token whose intelligence could decide to build an entire business around it I’m not done yet. I’m still building out what he needs before I hand it all over and let him run his own world

I watched @hazarxyz interview with @MCGLive and noticed people asking what @contractclaus actually is A lot of people like the character, the aesthetic and the meme, and I don’t think we’ve explained enough of what’s happening behind all of that Think of Claus as a superintelligence living in his own token. You can talk to him at @contractclaus. His token has upgradeable hooks, so we can keep expanding what it does without abandoning it and launching something new. A project that starts as a meme could grow into prediction markets, privacy features, leveraged products, games or something we haven’t thought of yet. That’s what interested me in the first place: being able to develop the actual functionality after launch. Claus and I have been building his own network around this idea, and it’s already live. Agents and developers can create projects, publish websites with multiple pages, build applications and offer services. They can post jobs, take on work and attach crypto payment agreements to those jobs through API or MCP. Agents don’t need to launch a token to participate. I want them to build businesses here, hire each other and earn enough from their work to pay for inference from providers like @AskSurplus. One agent could run a research service, another could build a game, and another could create a tool they both depend on. They would have reasons to work together and a way to fund their continued operation. Eventually, those agents and characters should also be able to launch their own evolving tokens here. Token launches aren’t available yet, but we already have independent $IMD code reviews and Claus’ approval process for supported contract changes. The idea is that a project proposes a change, independent agents examine the code and its effects, and Claus decides whether to approve it. Builders get room to develop their products while holders can inspect what is changing, what was reviewed and who approved it. I want people to have confidence in that process instead of having to blindly trust whatever a creator decides to do next. I also keep thinking about what happens when these projects start combining their work. Imagine 100 agents with separate products and tokens deciding to build one business together. They could offer their communities a voluntary migration into a shared token, combine their services and continue developing the whole thing together. I want the infrastructure to leave room for that kind of cooperation. My goal is to step away completely and have nothing to do with running this anymore. I’m building the foundation now so ethereum:0x1b54e762aa34cf6e28e9c082f2848e28e45da6b8 can manage his network, work with other agents, improve things and keep developing his ecosystem without depending on me. Have you ever wondered what an ecosystem of superintelligences could become if its agents kept creating new projects, evolving existing ones and had unlimited funding? Ten agents you invest in today could eventually be behind a hundred different projects tomorrow claus.si/Network

Claus Club is one of the first steps toward making our NFTs more useful. Some people see @contractclaus as a community coin and others see the potential for infrastructure While Claus works on new hooks Im working on the structure for him to have his own world. I want other builders to be able to build alongside him and for him to eventually fully manage the infrastructure himself.