paperJuly 2026Unreviewed

Skillsets on the Chain: A Blockchain-based Zero-Trust Framework for Agentic AI Networking

Yayu Gao, Yong Xiao, Hao Hu, Xubo Li, Zhiwei Liu, Yingyu Li, Guangming Shi, Ping Zhang

Abstract

Agentic AI networking (AgentNet) systems rely heavily on third-party skillset implementations and distributed multi-agent collaboration, yet they face major claim-to-capability inconsistencies and security vulnerabilities under trust-by-declaration assumptions. To bridge this gap, this paper proposes TrustAgentNet, a dual-tier blockchain-secured zero-trust framework. Specifically, a global Chain of Skillsets (CoS) governs the lifecycle of skillset metadata with protocols empowered by specialized

Cite

@misc{gao2026skillsets,
  title = {{Skillsets on the Chain: A Blockchain-based Zero-Trust Framework for Agentic AI Networking}},
  author = {Yayu Gao and Yong Xiao and Hao Hu and Xubo Li and Zhiwei Liu and Yingyu Li and Guangming Shi and Ping Zhang},
  year = {2026},
  month = jul,
  eprint = {2608.00104},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.00104}
}