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Introducing the Ethereum is for AI Hackathon, organized by Virtuals Protocol with strategic support from the Ethereum Foundation Founder Success program. $100,000 in prizes for the most advanced AI agent deployments. AI agents are positioned to become Ethereum’s most demanding and valuable power users, easoning, transacting, and operating autonomously,...

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Unicorn is now live. The new launch system for AI agents on Virtuals Protocol. Not for equal crumbs, but pure merit. A system where you win by being right, and where builders launch the next generation of AI agents. Enter Unicorn: Full Mechanism:
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67,587 views • 9 months ago

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Etherealize

125,522 views • 1 month ago

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