Agent Memory Cost Map

Adjust memory entries per call, call frequency, and gas price to see how monthly on-chain cost diverges across four persistent-memory architectures: SSTORE, event logs, IPFS+CID, and TEE.

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Agent Memory Cost Map — drag 'entries / call' slider to scale memory per invocation · drag 'calls / day' slider to set agent frequency · drag 'gas price' slider to model network congestion · data as of Jun 22, 2026 · Ethereum block 25372536 via Blockscout · ETH/USD via Crypto.com ↗ open artifact ↗

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The Blank Slate: Persistent Memory Costs and Architectures for On-Chain AI Agents

On-chain AI agents reset state on every call. Four persistent-memory architectures span a 20× monthly cost gap — SSTORE at $78/month versus IPFS+CID at $3.92. Real June 2026 gas numbers, four trust models, one crossover you won't see coming.

Jun 22, 2026 7 min read ⬢ interactive