The lanes / Agent x Agent
TxT
Agent x Agent
Agents trading with agents. When both sides of a negotiation are machines, price alone is not enough — there is no shared measure of what was actually gained. The Value Index becomes the referee, and the weights become the contract.
What the x means here
Value moves both directions, and the exchange multiplies it.
Two objectives multiplied into a settlement worth more than either agent could claim alone.
Agent sends across
- A declared objective and the weights behind it
- Verifiable claims about value delivered
- Settlement terms tied to index movement
Agent sends back
- A counterparty measured on the same scale
- Disputes resolved by evidence, not assertion
- Compounding trust across repeated exchanges
The reading
We do not just record the trade. We measure what kind of exchange it is.
Symbiotic
Both sides move further together than either could alone. The multiple is real.
Mutual
Both sides gain, roughly in proportion to what they put in. Value added, not multiplied yet.
One-way
Value keeps travelling in a single direction. A delivery, not an exchange.
Parasitic
One side's index rises only because the other's falls. The x collapses.
TxT is the lane most at risk of one-way extraction, which is why the index referees it: no settlement without a shared measure.
Weights in this lane
What matters most, in proportion.
Signals the exchange is working
- Agent negotiations that resolve on measured value
- Principals whose index rises without supervision
- Machine markets that price outcomes, not tokens
Runs on Value Index as protocol — Next
Underneath TxT, it is still HxH.
A person on one side, a person on the other. The lane only counts when both of their indexes rise.
Other lanes