ERC-8196 finalizes standard for AI agent wallets with owner-defined, cryptographically enforced spending and action limits

ERC-8196, authored by Leigh Cronian and Chris Johnson with contributions from Cybercentry and Virtuals Protocol, is now Final. It defines agent-authenticated wallets where owners delegate limited authority via policies covering permitted actions, contracts, spending caps, duration, and maximum ERC-8126 risk score checked at execution. Agents sign with their own keys using EIP-712 data referencing a policyHash, never holding the owner's private key. It completes a stack with ERC-8004 identity and ERC-8126 verification, and adds tamper-resistant, cryptographically chained audit trails with onchain anchoring.

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