Q2 2026 MCP Ecosystem Health
8bitconcepts Research
Live audit: 5,578 agent-ready sites indexed, only 575 (10.3%) pass a live JSON-RPC handshake. Category breakdown, newly-verified servers, and the regulated verticals still waiting to be built.
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The Ghost Protocol – Digital Identity for Immortals
Thomas Petersen
I admit that I am not the superstitious type. Superstitions have never resonated with me as my mind simply doesn’t grasp the idea of something unnatural. It is, therefore, with some reluctance that I use words like ‘ghost’ and ‘immortals’ here. However, they are useful to explain my thoughts on...
The Power of Digital Ecosystems
Thomas Petersen
When Sony introduced the PlayStation in 1994, it wasn’t at all obvious that they would be successful. Nintendo and Sega were already in fierce competition and, although their arena was the 16-bit market, they were much more experienced in selling consoles and games. One of the features that was...