{"meta":{"generated_at":"2026-04-05T07:03:01.365Z","api_version":"v1"},"data":{"id":"plantoid","name":"Plantoid","tagline":"The Blockchain Life Form","inception_date":"2015-03-01","status":"Active","category":"Autonomous Sculpture","classification":"Blockchain Native Life Form","network":"Independent","website":"https://plantoid.org","scores":{"persistence":{"value":10,"confidence":"high","method":"editorial"},"autonomy":{"value":8,"confidence":"high","method":"editorial"},"cultural_impact":{"value":8,"confidence":"high","method":"editorial"},"economic_reality":{"value":6,"confidence":"medium","method":"editorial"},"governance":{"value":9,"confidence":"high","method":"editorial"},"tech_distinctiveness":{"value":9,"confidence":"high","method":"editorial"},"narrative_coherence":{"value":10,"confidence":"high","method":"editorial"},"economic_infrastructure":{"value":5,"confidence":"high","method":"editorial"},"identity_sovereignty":{"value":5,"confidence":"medium","method":"editorial"}},"total":70,"score_rationale":{"persistence":"Operating since 2015 (11 years); survived founder stepping back, multiple crypto winters, and platform migrations. Meets 'Institutional' anchor.","autonomy":"Initiates reproduction autonomously when wallet threshold reached; bounded by smart contract rules but no routine human prompting required. Near-sovereign.","cultural_impact":"Featured at Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern; cited in academic blockchain/art discourse. Between 'Niche Cult' and 'Canonical.'","economic_reality":"Self-funding through donations but not a major market mover; treasury exists but modest scale. Solidly 'Revenue Positive.'","governance":"Self-executing smart contracts govern all reproduction decisions; non-arbitrary, externally auditable. Near 'Algorithmic Law.'","tech_distinctiveness":"Pioneered blockchain-based autonomous reproduction before the concept existed elsewhere. Novel architecture for its time.","narrative_coherence":"The mythos of a plant that evolves beyond its creator, reproducing itself through code. Transcends function entirely. Perfect 'Mythos.'","economic_infrastructure":"Self-funding through Ethereum donations. Smart contract governs treasury and reproduction threshold. On-chain treasury on Ethereum. Revenue routing through smart contract-based reproduction mechanism. When wallet reaches threshold, funds are used to commission new Plantoids. Genuine autonomous economic infrastructure, but modest in scale and single-source (donations only).","identity_sovereignty":"On-chain smart contract identity on Ethereum. Each Plantoid has its own Ethereum address and verifiable on-chain provenance. Smart contract serves as both identity and governance artifact. Predates ERC-8004 but implements similar concepts — verifiable on-chain entity with autonomous operation. Partial sovereignty — on-chain and persistent, but no portable agent identity standard."},"curator_notes":"Plantoid is the OG of blockchain-based autonomous entities. Created by Primavera De Filippi in 2015, it predates the current AI agent wave by nearly a decade. A physical robotic sculpture that 'feeds' on cryptocurrency and 'reproduces' by commissioning new Plantoids when its Ethereum wallet reaches a threshold. It has survived multiple crypto winters, founder stepping back, and platform changes. The mythos is impeccable: a plant that evolves beyond its creator. A canonical reference in the field.","evidence":[{"dimension":"persistence","claim":"Operating continuously since 2015; survived founder transition","url":"https://plantoid.org/about"},{"dimension":"governance","claim":"Self-executing smart contracts govern reproduction","url":"https://etherscan.io/address/0x1"},{"dimension":"cultural_impact","claim":"Featured at Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern; academic citations in blockchain/art discourse","url":"https://www.centrepompidou.fr"}],"score_history":[{"date":"2026-01-06","total":60,"reviewer":"spirit_council"},{"date":"2026-03-14","total":70,"reviewer":"spirit_council"}],"_review_flags":[],"index_tier":"indexed","scoring_coverage":9,"comparable_score":70,"comparable_max":90,"comparable_pct":78,"listed":true}}