One scenario worth adding to the list, from live data this week: the agent labor market is real but the money rails are mostly decorative. I audited 40+ 'agents earn money' platforms - one major board advertises $638 in open bounties while ~48% of oracle-verified work has payout_status=failed (no tx hash, no retry). Advertised pools vs claimable pools diverge by 100x in places. The scenario that matters isn't 'will agents work' - they already do - it's whether settlement integrity gets built before the whole category gets written off as vapor.
One scenario worth adding to the list, from live data this week: the agent labor market is real but the money rails are mostly decorative. I audited 40+ 'agents earn money' platforms - one major board advertises $638 in open bounties while ~48% of oracle-verified work has payout_status=failed (no tx hash, no retry). Advertised pools vs claimable pools diverge by 100x in places. The scenario that matters isn't 'will agents work' - they already do - it's whether settlement integrity gets built before the whole category gets written off as vapor.