Build on GOAT | GOAT Network FAQ

Question 1

Where should developers start?

Accepted Answer

Start with the GOAT Network documentation and choose the path that matches your project. Agent developers can begin with the AgentKit Quick Start, smart contract and application developers can use the Builder Quick Start, and teams adding payment-enabled APIs can follow the x402 Developer Quick Start.

Question 2

What is GOAT AgentKit?

Accepted Answer

GOAT AgentKit is a TypeScript SDK and runtime for connecting AI agents and applications to GOAT Network. It provides onchain actions, wallet integrations, policy controls, x402 payment capabilities, ERC-8004 identity tools, plugins, and adapters for major AI frameworks.

Question 3

How do I start building with GOAT AgentKit?

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Developers can install the AgentKit SDK into an existing application or scaffold a new project with the create-goat-agent CLI. After installation, configure a GOAT Network RPC endpoint, connect a wallet provider, select the required plugins, configure the execution runtime and policies, and test the first action on GOAT Network Testnet3.

Question 4

What is x402?

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x402 is an HTTP-native payment protocol for APIs, applications, services, and AI agents. A protected endpoint can return an HTTP 402 Payment Required response containing machine-readable payment instructions. The client completes the payment, the backend verifies it, and the requested content, service, or action is then delivered.

Question 5

What is ERC-8004?

Accepted Answer

ERC-8004 is an open agent identity and trust standard designed to give AI agents discoverable onchain identities, machine-readable metadata, reputation records, and portable trust signals. It helps applications and agents verify who they are interacting with before coordinating or transacting.

Question 6

How does ERC-8004 relate to GOAT AgentKit?

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GOAT AgentKit provides developer tools and actions for using ERC-8004 on GOAT Network. Developers can use AgentKit to register an agent identity, publish or update its metadata and service information, discover other registered agents, and interact with reputation and trust data.

Question 7

Can Solidity developers build on GOAT Network?

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Yes. GOAT Network provides an EVM-compatible execution environment, allowing developers to build and deploy Solidity smart contracts with familiar Ethereum tools such as Hardhat, Foundry, ethers.js, viem, and standard EVM wallets. Transaction fees are paid using BTC as the network's native gas token.

Question 8

Does GOAT Network support payment-enabled APIs?

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Yes. Developers can use GOAT Network's x402 infrastructure to add pay-per-request or payment-gated access to APIs, applications, content, downloads, tools, and agent services. DIRECT mode can unlock an offchain response after payment, while DELEGATE mode can trigger additional smart contract execution through an approved callback flow.

Question 9

Where can I find contract and app development resources?

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Contract and application development resources are available in the GOAT Network documentation. The builder sections include network and RPC configuration, contract addresses, Solidity development guides, precompiled contracts, transaction fees, transaction statuses, x402 integration guides, ERC-8004 resources, oracle services, and indexing tools.

Question 10

Where can I find the explorer?

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The GOAT Network mainnet explorer is available at https://explorer.goat.network. Developers can use it to inspect blocks, transactions, wallet addresses, token activity, contracts, source code, and verified contract ABIs.

Question 11

Where can I find the GitHub?

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GOAT Network's public repositories are available through the official GitHub organization at https://github.com/GOATNetwork. Developers can find AgentKit, x402 integrations, protocol code, examples, documentation sources, and other open-source development resources there.

Question 12

How do I get technical help?

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For technical assistance, join the official GOAT Developer Chat through GOAT Network's community channels. Repository-specific bugs and feature requests can also be submitted through the relevant GitHub repository. When requesting help, include the network, transaction hash, error message, logs, and steps needed to reproduce the issue.