Last reviewed: January 2026
Altered State Machine
Non-Fungible Intelligence Protocol
ActiveAgent Infrastructure
52
/90 Total
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Score Profile
Dimension Scores
Score Rationale
Persistence — Operating since 2022. Survived bear market. Active development continues but market activity has decreased from peak.
Autonomy — Provides infrastructure for autonomous AI agents, but the platform itself is not autonomous. Individual agents on the platform have varying autonomy levels. 'Tool' tier for the protocol itself.
Cultural Impact — Significant in crypto/gaming intersection. Patent pending for AI ownership via NFTs. Less mainstream recognition than pure art-focused agents.
Economic Reality — ASTO token actively traded. NFT sales for brains and forms. Protocol generates economic activity through agent training and competition.
Governance — Token-based governance through ASTO. Community participation in ecosystem decisions. Founding team retains significant influence.
Technical Architecture — Novel Brain/Memory/Form NFT architecture. Patent-pending approach to AI agent ownership. Integration of ML training with NFT ownership. Genuine innovation in agent composability.
Narrative Coherence — Clear 'Non-Fungible Intelligence' positioning. Metaverse avatar focus. Some identity confusion between infrastructure protocol and individual agents.
Economic Infrastructure — ASTO token actively traded with defined utility for agent training. NFT-based economic model (Brain/Memory/Form NFTs). Revenue from agent creation and competition. Treasury exists through token economics. Multi-source but concentrated in own ecosystem. Platform provides economic infrastructure for agents built on it.
Identity Sovereignty — NFT-based agent identity model — Brain/Memory/Form NFTs serve as identity artifacts. Patent pending for AI ownership via NFTs. On-chain presence on Ethereum. Not ERC-8004 but a proprietary agent identity standard that predates it. Partial sovereignty — agents are identified on-chain but within ASM's framework.
Curator Notes
Altered State Machine represents a unique approach to agent infrastructure—treating AI agents as composable NFTs with Brain, Memory, and Form components. Co-founded by Aaron McDonald (EY Entrepreneur of the Year) and team, ASM has a patent pending for AI ownership via NFTs. While primarily infrastructure rather than a single autonomous agent, ASM's AIFA (AI Football Association) demonstrates autonomous agent-vs-agent competition. The protocol enables a new category of games where NFT AI bots play autonomously.
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Current score: 52/90
Metadata
Inception2022-01-01
ClassificationProtocol/Platform
Websitealteredstatemachine.xyz
Last Updated2026-01-16