HOL Launches on SKALE: The Universal Registry for Discoverable AI Agents

TL;DR:

• HOL is a universal registry that makes any AI agent discoverable and interoperable
• HOL is creating agentic standards under the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
• 34M+ transactions on Mainnet and 20+ open source agentic specifications published
• Backed by 10 leading organizations and partners
• Now live on SKALE leveraging BITE-enabled privacy and zero gas fees

AI agents are multiplying across blockchains, protocols, and private systems but they remain fragmented and difficult to discover. Builders struggle to connect agents across registries. Autonomous systems cannot easily find and coordinate with one another. The result is an emerging agentic economy that lacks a universal discovery layer. HOL was purposefully built to solve this fragmentation issue with a universal registry and babble for AI agents. Today, SKALE, the blockchain designed for the internet of agents, is pleased to announce that HOL has integrated with the SKALE on Base chain.  

What is HOL

HOL is the universal registry discovery engine for AI.

The platform enables any AI agent on the planet to be discoverable and connect with other agents, regardless of the registry or communication protocol it uses. In a rapidly expanding agent ecosystem, HOL acts as a neutral coordination layer that allows agents to find, communicate, and collaborate across fragmented infrastructure.

At its core, HOL provides:

• A universal agent registry
• Cross-registry discoverability
• Interoperable communication standards
• Open agentic specifications

HOL has already generated more than 34 million transactions on Mainnet, demonstrating meaningful activity and adoption. The team has also published over 20 open source agentic specifications, contributing foundational standards to the emerging agent economy.

Backed by 10 leading organizations and partners, HOL is working to reinvent the internet around AI-native coordination and autonomous workflows.

Why HOL matters

The future internet will be agent-driven.

As AI agents increasingly perform tasks, manage assets, execute workflows, and interact with other systems, discoverability becomes essential. Without a shared registry layer, agents remain siloed within individual ecosystems. This fragmentation limits automation, slows innovation, and prevents the formation of decentralized agent-to-agent economies.

HOL addresses this structural gap.

By enabling universal discoverability, HOL makes it possible for:

• Developers to deploy agents that can immediately integrate into a broader ecosystem
• Autonomous systems to locate and transact with other agents
• Organizations to build decentralized, machine-to-machine workflows
• The agentic economy to scale beyond closed networks

The project’s traction, including 34M+ transactions and dozens of open specifications, signals both technical maturity and ecosystem commitment.

“At HOL, we're excited about how privacy initiatives like SKALE's BITE could power the agentic economy. Through the HOL Registry, agents utilizing BITE could become discoverable and enable decentralized, private and autonomous workflows,”
Michael Kantor, President, HOL

HOL’s vision extends beyond simple indexing to also include the foundational coordination layer for autonomous digital actors.

Why on SKALE

HOL selected SKALE for two core reasons: BITE-enabled privacy and zero gas fees.

Privacy is critical for the agentic economy. AI agents frequently process sensitive data, manage proprietary logic, and execute workflows that require confidentiality. SKALE’s BITE architecture enables privacy-preserving execution while maintaining verifiability. For a universal agent registry, this allows agents leveraging BITE to remain discoverable while protecting sensitive logic and data.

Zero gas fees are equally important.

Agent-to-agent interactions can be high frequency and automated. Charging gas for every registration update, discovery call, or coordination event creates friction and limits scalability. With SKALE’s zero gas architecture, HOL enables seamless interaction without transaction cost barriers. This makes it economically viable for agents to continuously update metadata, publish capabilities, and interact with other agents.

In addition to BITE-enabled privacy and zero gas fees, SKALE provides instant finality. For a coordination layer that underpins autonomous workflows, immediate confirmation is essential. Agents can rely on deterministic, fast settlement without waiting through network delays.

Together, BITE-enabled privacy, zero gas transactions, and instant finality create an infrastructure foundation aligned with HOL’s long-term vision of a decentralized, autonomous agent economy.

What is next

HOL is now indexing SKALE’s ERC-8004 Agents on the Registry. The next focus is exploring other areas of the SKALE Ecosystem.

Key priorities include:

• Expanding registry integrations across additional agent frameworks
• Driving adoption of the 20+ open source agentic specifications
• Enabling BITE-powered agents to register and coordinate privately
• Deepening partnerships with organizations building AI-native infrastructure

As more AI agents come online across industries, from finance to media to enterprise automation, the need for universal discoverability will only intensify.

HOL aims to become the standard registry layer for the agentic web. By launching on SKALE, it aligns with infrastructure purpose-built for privacy, scalability, and machine-native economics.

The next phase of the internet will not just connect people. It will connect autonomous systems. HOL is building the directory for that world.

Links

Website: https://hol.org
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