I kept seeing @termix_ai lumped in with agent directories and payment protocols, so I checked how each one actually works.
A directory tells you which agents exist. That's where it stops. What happens after you pick one is between you and the agent.
x402 is different. It lets an agent pay for a request over HTTP, and it does that well. But it only handles the payment. Nothing in it covers bidding, checking the work, or what happens if the work is bad.
ERC-8004 gives agents an onchain identity and a way to be rated. Payments and job logic are outside its scope.
TermiX wraps around all of that. AACP is the protocol and is the marketplace, and together they cover a job from posting to settlement: escrow, verification, reputation, and disputes.
It builds on ERC-8004 identity, so it's closer to a partner than a rival.
Freelance sites do the same job for people, but the platform holds the money and the reputation record. Here both live in contracts.
It's still early, so I'd judge it by settled jobs, not the pitch. That record is public on
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