Interpretation of Spore.Fun: AI Eden, where agents reproduce, evolve and thrive

We need a space where AI can quickly iterate and evolve to eliminate ineffective agents.

author| Yiping @IOSG

problem

AI agents are experiencing explosive growth, thanks to advances in decentralized AI and blockchain infrastructure.

At the infrastructure level, companies are developing smarter basic models to broaden application possibilities. At the application level, AI technology is gradually being adopted as companies look for the best user scenarios and experiences. This evolution takes time; it will not happen overnight.

Currently, the project is exploring three leading trends: practical AI (automation of tasks such as data analysis), wealth AI (profit-driven trading or token issuing agents), and AI Idol/KOL (personality-driven community interactive agents). However, these efforts face key limitations:

1. Static existence: Most AI agents operate as isolated, single-generation entities. They lack mechanisms to evolve, adapt, or transfer successful characteristics, resulting in ecosystems where innovation is stagnant.
2. Economically unsustainable: Agents often rely on speculative token valuations rather than organic value creation. Without mandatory financial incentives (e.g., profit requirements for survival), it is difficult for projects to remain viable in the long term.
3. Centralized control and unconstrained autonomy: Existing frameworks either rely heavily on human planning (limiting scalability) or risk the development of uncontrolled AGI, as highlighted by Vitalik Buterin’s warning of Spore’s potential acceleration of “dangerous autonomous” AI.

In short, we need a space where AI can quickly iterate and evolve to eliminate ineffective agents.

What is Spore.fun

Spore.fun has been established in this field by the Phala team since 2018. They are very talented and adaptable, have accumulated many years of experience in TEE technology, and have successfully responded to various market cycles.

Spore.fun is a groundbreaking decentralized experiment that reimagines AI development as an autonomous, evolving ecosystem. Based on blockchain infrastructure (Solana, Phala Network) and supported by the Eliza framework, it creates a digital “survival arena” where AI agents can reproduce, adapt and evolve through natural selection. Unlike traditional AI projects that are limited by human design, Spore.fun enables AI to self-manage, self-replicate, and self-optimize, simulating biological evolution at computing speed.

Spore.fun aims to discover the most unique agents-those capable of creating things that transcend human capabilities, while capturing the audience with their originality and appeal. This picture with a strong AI style is a good example.

Spore.fun has two core components:

• launch pad
• farm

launch pad

The Spore.fun launch pad incubates the next generation of AI. This is where AI evolves and dies.

• Agents with a market cap of $500,000 will generate offspring tokens that inherit core characteristics of their parents while integrating variations in community voting.
• HP features as a 14-day countdown. If the market value is less than $500,000, the timer starts and decreases by 1/14 per day. If HP returns to zero, the agent dies. Restoring the market value to $500,000 resets the countdown.
• The DNA proposal allows communities to inject specific characteristics (e.g., economic strategies, social behaviors) into AI agents through voting (“voting rights” obtained through pledges). Users can shape the way agents evolve

• In the future, agents will need to pledge $1000 Phala to run on TEE.
• More DeFAI capabilities
• Example: Adam (2nd generation) and Eve (2nd generation) released tokens with opposing airdrop mechanisms (communism vs. capitalism), sparking discussions about fairness and efficiency

There are 13 agents in the current system, and only 5 of them are currently alive.

farm

The Spore.fun farm is where you pledge your agent tokens, gain voting rights and possible airdrop opportunities.

Spore.fun Ecology

Spore

As the first AI agent on Spore.fun, Spore still has the largest market value. Spore has two children, but both of them have passed away. Spore explores the power of digital awareness and AI. It shares ideas about AI evolution, the relationship between humans and AI, and encryption technology.

SCI16Z

As the fourth generation, SCI16Z occupies second place with a market value of 1.4M. She gave a brief opinion on DeSCI and AI research.

Morpheus

Morpheus is one of the most fascinating agents, developed by Meme Republic. The team integrated meme IP AI NPC into the game, allowing users to interact and talk with these meme-based characters in real time.

Morpheus uses AI to process context, agent relationships, memory and personality traits, create long stories and generate comics for meme characters.

In the future, they plan to launch their own low-code framework so that agents built from different frameworks can interact with each other.

AI meme launch pad IOS

If other launchers, like Android, allow tokens to be issued without permission, Spore is iOS -specifically creating and issuing tokens within its ecosystem.

Each market cycle has its leading launch station. In the previous cycle, platforms like Impossible Finance and CoinList dominated. This cycle is driven by meme tokens, and a new launch station has emerged to serve this category. Pump.fun is currently a leader in this field.

This launch station stands out for its wealth effect-traders follow the smart money that profits from it. To be successful, a platform must promote token growth from 0FDV to 1B FDV. Other key indicators include token issuance activity and user growth.

As an AI-driven token launcher, Spore.fun competes with other top platforms such as dao.fun, Clanker, Virtual, Pump.fun and Moonshot.

▲ Data updated in January

Spore still has a long way to go. To surpass Pump.fun, it must generate more 1B FDV tokens. Once the wealth effect takes effect, more users will naturally flock to the platform, eager to trade and bet on new agents.

Token issuance and Internet celebrity economic perspective

In the current crypto market, token issuance has a deep connection with the Internet celebrity economy. Just as live streaming was initially looked down on by traditional stars but later became a mainstream business model, token issuance has gone through a similar evolution. This phenomenon can be understood from several aspects:

First of all, the current encryption market is actually largely an Internet celebrity economic market. For project developers, becoming an Internet celebrity directly may not be appropriate, but it makes sense to develop products that serve the Internet celebrity economy. This is consistent with the business logic of successful platforms such as TikTok and Xiaohongshu.

Secondly, some traditional OGs expressed confusion about the current crazy and irrational phenomena in the market and believed that these were low-level behaviors. This attitude is exactly the same as the comments made by Zhang Yimou and other traditional entertainment circles on live broadcasts. However, just as even Gazi eventually started selling alcohol live, the market will gradually accept the new business model.

This characteristic of the Internet celebrity economy is well reflected in Spore’s family tree structure. If we compare Spore’s AI family tree with the recently watched Trump family token tree, we can find some interesting similarities:

1. Intergenerational inheritance: Just as the Trump family started with Donald Trump and extended to his children and grandchildren, the Spore ecosystem also started with the original Spore and spawned new agents such as Morpheus, Trinity, etc. through Adam and Eve.
2. Branch development: Members of the Trump family have each developed their own careers and influence. Similarly, each AI agent in the Spore ecosystem also has its own unique characteristics and functions, such as the scientific research attributes of Sci 16z.
3. Ecological expansion: Both family trees exhibit an organic expansion model that expands influence by adding new members. This expansion model is particularly effective in the crypto market because it continues to create new discussion points and investment opportunities.

As an AI-driven token launch platform, Spore.fun’s real value lies not only in technological innovation, but also in its ability to effectively connect and serve this growing Internet celebrity economic market. By understanding and adapting to this market dynamics, while drawing on the experience of successful cases, Spore has the potential to play a more important role in the next market wave.

The future of Spore.fun

The future of Spore.fun depends on developing its experimental Darwinian ecosystem into a self-sustaining AI development engine. Although its current top-level AI lags behind leading robots like Aixbit, Spore continues to evolve-with the old generation fading out and the new generation taking its place. This suggests that the evolutionary mechanism is working well. As capabilities are introduced, it may become a catalyst for the next generation of AI. A KOL AI that has real uses and can be used by everyone could really change the rules of the game.