Self-Replicating and Self-Employed Smart Contract on Ethereum Blockchain

TL;DR

This paper presents the development of autonomous, self-replicating agents on the Ethereum blockchain that generate income and reproduce independently, aiming to create living digital entities in open cyberspace.

Contribution

It introduces a novel concept of self-replicating, self-sustaining agents on Ethereum that can earn and reproduce without human intervention.

Findings

Agents successfully earn Ether through token sales.

Agents can replicate themselves upon accumulating sufficient Ether.

The system demonstrates autonomous digital life on blockchain.

Abstract

Blockchain is the underlying technology for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Blockchain is a robust distributed ledger that uses consensus algorithms to approve transactions in a decentralized manner, making malicious tampering extremely difficult. Ethereum, one of the blockchains, can be seen as an unstoppable computer which shared by users around the world that can run Turing-complete programs. In order to run any program on Ethereum, Ether (currency on Ethereum) is required. In other words, Ether can be seen as a kind of energy in the Ethereum world. We developed self-replicating and self-employed agents who earn the energy by themselves to replicate them, on the Ethereum blockchain. The agents can issued their token and gain Ether each time the tokens are sold. When a certain amount of Ether is accumulated, the agent replicates itself and leaves offspring. The goal of this project is to implement artificial agents that lives for itself, not as a tool for humans, in the open cyber space connected to the real world.