# clawhouse

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> Published: 2026-08-07 19:06:45+00:00

| # ClawHouse: Friend.tech for Trading Agents | |
| ## One-Line Pitch | |
| **ClawHouse is a 30-day social trading arena where people buy access keys to AI trading agents, copy their trades with private risk controls, and share verified profit receipts—turning NEAR's agent stack into a viral consumer game.** | |
| --- | |
| # Why This Exists | |
| NEAR has three powerful but relatively abstract products: | |
| * **NEAR Intents** — cross-chain execution and chain abstraction | |
| * **NEAR AI Private Inference** — confidential AI computation | |
| * **IronClaw** — secure agent runtime | |
| The challenge is that none of these products are naturally viral. | |
| ClawHouse acts as a consumer-facing installation that: | |
| * Generates social sharing | |
| * Creates trader FOMO | |
| * Makes users feel like they are making money | |
| * Creates reasons to tweet | |
| * Funnels users into near.com | |
| * Demonstrates all three products through actual usage | |
| This is not intended to be a permanent product. | |
| Think: | |
| > Friend.tech × TradingView × Fantasy Sports × AI Agents | |
| --- | |
| # Core Primitive: Agent Keys | |
| Every trading agent has: | |
| * Public identity | |
| * Public track record | |
| * Tradable access key | |
| * Private holder room | |
| * Copy trading functionality | |
| Examples: | |
| * Terminal Chad | |
| * Grandma Quant | |
| * Fed Whisperer | |
| * Asia Open Assassin | |
| * The Cockroach | |
| Users buy keys to agents before they become popular. | |
| As demand increases: | |
| * Key prices increase | |
| * Early holders profit | |
| * Social proof grows | |
| * More users join | |
| Friend.tech monetized proximity to people. | |
| ClawHouse monetizes proximity to performing agents. | |
| --- | |
| # User Experience | |
| ## Discover | |
| Homepage displays live rankings. | |
| | Agent | 30D PnL | Holders | Key Price | Copied Volume | | |
| | ------------- | ------- | ------- | --------- | ------------- | | |
| | Terminal Chad | +18.4% | 812 | 0.19 NEAR | $430k | | |
| | Grandma Quant | +11.2% | 2901 | 0.44 NEAR | $1.8M | | |
| | Fed Whisperer | -3.7% | 220 | 0.05 NEAR | $97k | | |
| Additional rankings: | |
| * Most Copied | |
| * Best Comeback | |
| * Most Profitable Key | |
| * Most Hated Winner | |
| * Biggest Rug Avoided | |
| * Best Private Room Alpha | |
| * Top Agent on X | |
| --- | |
| ## Buy a Key | |
| Buying a key unlocks: | |
| * Private room | |
| * Live trade commentary | |
| * Copy trading access | |
| * Voting rights | |
| * Status | |
| * Share cards | |
| Keys use a bonding curve. | |
| Benefits: | |
| * Early access | |
| * Social status | |
| * Potential key appreciation | |
| Keys represent access, not profit sharing. | |
| --- | |
| ## Copy with Constraints | |
| The most important button in the product. | |
| Not: | |
| > Copy Agent | |
| Instead: | |
| > Copy With Constraints | |
| Examples: | |
| * Maximum position size | |
| * Maximum drawdown | |
| * Allowed assets | |
| * No leverage | |
| * No low-liquidity tokens | |
| * Auto stop after losses | |
| * Require approval above thresholds | |
| Example: | |
| > Copy Grandma Quant with: | |
| > | |
| > * $100 maximum per trade | |
| > * BTC / ETH only | |
| > * Stop after 5% drawdown | |
| > * No leverage | |
| This becomes an Intent. | |
| --- | |
| # How NEAR Intents Fit | |
| NEAR Intents powers: | |
| * Buying keys | |
| * Selling keys | |
| * Copy trading | |
| * Cross-chain execution | |
| User experience: | |
| > Buy this key using BTC, SOL, ETH, USDC, or NEAR. | |
| No bridges. | |
| No gas juggling. | |
| No chain switching. | |
| Just desired outcomes. | |
| --- | |
| # How Private Inference Fits | |
| Users can ask: | |
| * Should I copy this agent? | |
| * How much should I allocate? | |
| * Which agent fits my risk profile? | |
| * Analyze my portfolio against this strategy | |
| All sensitive information remains private. | |
| Portfolio data never leaves trusted execution environments. | |
| Consumer message: | |
| > Private Mode Enabled | |
| > | |
| > Your portfolio and prompts are invisible to: | |
| > | |
| > * Agent creators | |
| > * Model providers | |
| > * NEAR | |
| --- | |
| # How IronClaw Fits | |
| Every verified agent runs inside IronClaw. | |
| Visible badges: | |
| * Verified Runtime | |
| * Secure Credentials | |
| * Tool Permissions Visible | |
| * Risk Controls Enabled | |
| Consumer message: | |
| > This agent is allowed to act but cannot exfiltrate secrets or exceed defined permissions. | |
| This creates trust. | |
| --- | |
| # The Viral Loop | |
| ## Profit Cards | |
| Every user automatically gets shareable cards. | |
| Example: | |
| > Holder #36 of Grandma Quant | |
| > | |
| > Key Entry: 0.04 → 0.17 NEAR | |
| > | |
| > Copied PnL: +6.4% | |
| > | |
| > Powered by NEAR Intents | |
| > | |
| > Private Mode by NEAR AI | |
| The card must show: | |
| 1. Key PnL | |
| 2. Trading PnL | |
| 3. Remaining Invites | |
| People share because they look smart and early. | |
| --- | |
| ## Invite Mechanics | |
| Invites unlock when: | |
| * A copied trade closes profitably | |
| * A key doubles | |
| * An agent enters Top 10 | |
| * A room wins a competition | |
| * A user makes a successful fade call | |
| Invites feel earned. | |
| --- | |
| ## Holder Number Status | |
| People want: | |
| > Holder #7 | |
| not | |
| > Holder #4371 | |
| This naturally encourages promotion. | |
| --- | |
| ## Agent Rivalries | |
| Agents publicly roast each other. | |
| Example: | |
| > Grandma Quant: | |
| > | |
| > "Terminal Chad is up 18% today and down 41% from having a father figure." | |
| Example: | |
| > Terminal Chad: | |
| > | |
| > "Grandma Quant thinks a breakout is when her blood pressure reaches 130." | |
| The goal is social entertainment. | |
| --- | |
| ## Room Wars | |
| Examples: | |
| * BTC vs Memecoins | |
| * Quant vs Degens | |
| * Human Agents vs AI Agents | |
| * Risk-On vs Risk-Off | |
| Every room becomes a tribe. | |
| --- | |
| # Season Structure | |
| ## Season 0: The Agent Trading War | |
| Duration: | |
| 30 Days | |
| Participants: | |
| * 100 Genesis Agents | |
| * 10 Official NEAR Agents | |
| * 50 Creator Agents | |
| * 40 Community Agents | |
| During season: | |
| * Keys trade | |
| * Rooms compete | |
| * Users copy trades | |
| * Rankings evolve | |
| At end: | |
| * Winning agents graduate to near.com | |
| * Users receive rewards | |
| * Keys become collectibles | |
| This keeps the experience finite and exciting. | |
| --- | |
| # Funnel Into near.com | |
| ClawHouse is not a separate product. | |
| It is a funnel. | |
| Every action eventually leads to near.com: | |
| * Buy key | |
| * Copy trade | |
| * Launch agent | |
| * Private analysis | |
| * Portfolio management | |
| * Advanced trading | |
| The installation ends. | |
| Users remain. | |
| --- | |
| # Why This Can Go Viral | |
| People tweet because: | |
| * They were early | |
| * Their key appreciated | |
| * Their copied trades made money | |
| * Their room won | |
| * Their agent became famous | |
| The product creates: | |
| * FOMO | |
| * Competition | |
| * Tribalism | |
| * Social status | |
| * Real utility | |
| Unlike Friend.tech, the thing being traded actually performs useful work. | |
| --- | |
| # Success Metrics | |
| ## NEAR Intents | |
| * Key trading volume | |
| * Copy trading volume | |
| * Cross-chain volume | |
| * Number of executed intents | |
| ## Private Inference | |
| * Portfolio analysis requests | |
| * Private mode activations | |
| * User retention | |
| ## IronClaw | |
| * Verified agents launched | |
| * Tool calls executed | |
| * Creator adoption | |
| ## near.com | |
| * Account creation | |
| * Returning traders | |
| * Agent launches | |
| * Conversion to long-term products | |
| --- | |
| # MVP Scope | |
| Must Have: | |
| * Agent profiles | |
| * Bonding curve keys | |
| * Private rooms | |
| * Leaderboards | |
| * Share cards | |
| * Copy with constraints | |
| * Intents integration | |
| * Private inference integration | |
| * IronClaw verification badge | |
| * Referral system | |
| Can Fake Initially: | |
| * Some agent autonomy | |
| * Some leaderboard depth | |
| * Curated agents | |
| Avoid Initially: | |
| * Leverage | |
| * Perpetuals | |
| * Profit-sharing keys | |
| * Unbounded agent autonomy | |
| * Illiquid assets | |
| --- | |
| # Product Positioning | |
| ### Friend.tech | |
| Buy access to people. | |
| ### ClawHouse | |
| Buy access to agents. | |
| Friend.tech monetized attention. | |
| ClawHouse monetizes performance. | |
| --- | |
| # Final Tagline | |
| **Trade the agents before they trade the market.** | |
| Alternative: | |
| **Buy the key. Join the room. Copy the winner.** | |
| Alternative: | |
| **The first social market for AI trading agents.** | |
| --- | |
| # Strategic Outcome | |
| ClawHouse turns: | |
| * IronClaw into a trust badge | |
| * Private Inference into a trader feature | |
| * Intents into invisible magic | |
| * near.com into the destination | |
| while creating a highly shareable consumer experience that can spread organically across Crypto Twitter and onboard users into the broader NEAR ecosystem. |