Data covers ERC-8004 agent registrations and Agent Trust Score assessments. Week 40 = week ending Sunday, October 4, 2026.
Week 40 registrations edged higher from a very low base. 6,893 new agents registered – up 20.5% from Week 39’s 5,720 but still below 7,000 for a second straight week. Unique owner wallets rose 15.1% to 4,957. Median trust score fell 57.0% back to 200. The full indexed agent population now stands at 518,885, and this report includes the updated trust flag breakdown across all of it.
Week 40 Key Numbers
Week 40 Analysis
Registrations Edge Up but Stay Below 7,000
6,893 new registrations is a 20.5% gain on Week 39, but it is the second consecutive week below 7,000. Over the five weeks from Week 36 to Week 40, 63,532 agents registered, 41.7% fewer than the 108,971 registered in the five weeks from Week 31 to Week 35. Unique owners edged up to 4,957, only modestly above Week 39’s 4,307 low, and agents per owner held at 1.39 (1.33 the week before).
Median Trust Returns to 200 Without a Concentration Spike
The weekly median fell from 465 back to 200, the ninth time in 36 weeks it has landed on exactly 200. In Week 38 that reading came alongside 2.30 agents per owner; this week the ratio was a modest 1.39, so a fleet-style concentration is not what separates this week’s cohort. The median has now moved by more than 260 points in each of the last five weeks (+345, -346, -372, +265, -265), compared with a longest previous run of two such weeks.
The Indexed Population Reaches 518,885 Agents
The registry snapshot now covers 518,885 agents across eight chains and 353,346 distinct owners. BNB Smart Chain accounts for 364,216 agents (70.2%) and Base for 97,722 (18.8%), so the two chains together hold 89.0% of the population; Ethereum adds 52,126 (10.0%), and the remaining five chains total 4,821 agents. The average trust score is 448.4, essentially unchanged from 448.0 in the September 3 snapshot. 138,470 agents (26.7%) score below 200, down from 27.2% in that snapshot, while 124,803 agents (24.1%) sit in the Sovereign tier (800-1000).
Week-on-Week Comparison: W38 – W40
| Metric | W38 | W39 | W40 | W40 vs W39 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New registrations | 17,001 | 5,720 | 6,893 | +20.5% |
| Unique owner wallets | 7,405 | 4,307 | 4,957 | +15.1% |
| Agents per owner | 2.30 | 1.33 | 1.39 | +4.7% |
| Median trust score | 200 | 465 | 200 | -57.0% |
| Trust tier | Elevated Risk | Provisional | Elevated Risk | – |
2026 Weekly Registration History – W34 to W40
| Week | Registered | Unique Owners | Median Trust |
|---|---|---|---|
| W34 | 31,979 | 27,033 | 563 |
| W35 | 29,601 | 18,344 | 573 |
| W36 | 24,173 | 13,646 | 918 |
| W37 | 9,745 | 6,721 | 572 |
| W38 | 17,001 | 7,405 | 200 |
| W39 | 5,720 | 4,307 | 465 |
| W40 | 6,893 | 4,957 | 200 |
Note: Median trust score reflects the median Agent Trust Score of agents registered in that specific week, not the cumulative population median. The population and trust flag figures below are a snapshot as of October 5, 2026, and include a small number of Week 41 registrations. Flag comparisons are to the figures published in our Week 35 report; the average trust score and share of agents below 200 are compared with the preceding snapshot of September 3, 2026.
Trust Flag Breakdown: What the Full Agent Population Looks Like
| Flag | Agents | Share | What It Means |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARM_DETECTED | 83,668 | 16.12% | Belongs to a Sybil fleet – a single operator controlling multiple agents |
| FEEDER_UNKNOWN | 37,102 | 7.15% | Owner wallet’s funding source is obfuscated or untraceable |
| EIP7702_DELEGATED | 30,642 | 5.91% | Owner has delegated control to a secondary address |
| FEEDER_CEX_VERIFIED | 2,835 | 0.55% | Owner confirmed funded by a centralized exchange – the strongest legitimacy signal available |
| FEEDER_RUG_HISTORY | 918 | 0.18% | Owner wallet was funded by a confirmed rug pull operator |
| FEEDER_HONEYPOT_HISTORY | 1 | 0.00% | Owner was funded by an address with honeypot creation history |
| CREATOR_RUG_HISTORY | 55 | 0.01% | Agent is controlled directly by a confirmed rug pull creator |
| CREATOR_HONEYPOT_HISTORY | 9 | 0.00% | Owner has previously created a honeypot token contract |
| ERC6551_TBA | 2,442 | 0.47% | Owner is an ERC-6551 Token Bound Account – the real controller is whoever holds the NFT |
| OWNER_MULTISIG | 20 | 0.00% | Owner is a Gnosis Safe multisig, requiring multiple signers to act |
Sybil-farm flagged agents now number 83,668, or 16.12% of the population, up from 72,555 (15.41%) in our Week 35 report. That is the first rise in the farm-flagged share since we began publishing this breakdown in Week 32, after three consecutive declines across the first four reports (18.73%, 18.39%, 17.05% and 15.41%). EIP-7702 delegation grew faster still: 30,642 agents (5.91%) against 22,903 (4.86%), an increase of 33.8% on a population that grew 10.2%, making it the fastest-growing of the three flags that each cover more than 1% of agents. FEEDER_UNKNOWN moved the other way, adding 2,455 agents but slipping to 7.15% from 7.36%.
The most serious flags remain rare but moved this period. Agents whose owner was funded by a confirmed rug pull operator rose to 918 from 774 (+144, +18.6%), and one agent now carries the honeypot-funded flag, which stood at zero in our Week 35 report. Agents controlled directly by confirmed rug pull creators dipped by six to 55, and honeypot creators rose by one to 9. Confirmed CEX-funded owners edged up by 10 to 2,835 but fell as a share, from 0.60% to 0.55%, while ERC-6551 token-bound owners rose to 2,442 (0.47%) and Gnosis Safe multisig owners to 20.
About This Tracker
ChainAware.ai’s weekly ERC-8004 agent tracker monitors new agent registrations on the ERC-8004 Identity Registry, the number of unique owner wallets behind those registrations, and the median Agent Trust Score of each week’s registration cohort. Agent Trust Score is a 0-1000 score combining owner wallet fraud probability, feeder address analysis, farm detection, and criminal record checks – see the full Agent Trust Score methodology for how the model scores agents and their controlling wallets. Data is updated weekly alongside ChainAware’s rug pull tracker.