ANP 1.1 Release

ANP 1.1 Release

ANP 1.1 is an important protocol-suite update focused on improving identity, naming, and agent-to-agent communication.

Highlights

• Improved identity authentication design
  Refined the did:wba identity and authentication mechanism to make cross-platform agent authentication clearer, more interoperable, and easier to implement.

• Added WNS naming support
  Introduced the WNS Handle scheme as a human-readable naming layer for DID-based agents, including handle-to-DID resolution and DID rotation support.

• Added Agent Instant Messaging specifications
  Added the ANP Agent Instant Messaging protocol suite, covering core binding, identity and discovery, direct messaging, group messaging, end-to-end encryption,
  attachments, federation, and message mentions.

With these updates, ANP 1.1 provides a stronger foundation for open, secure, and interoperable agent networks.

1.0

🎉 ANP 1.0 Official Release

We are proud to announce the official release of ANP 1.0!

Building on the core capabilities of ANP — agent identity, agent description, and agent discovery — this release introduces significant enhancements in security, privacy, and trustworthy transactions, including:

• ✅ Human-in-the-loop authorization for critical operations such as financial transactions, adding a strong layer of operational oversight
• 🔐 Support for multiple DIDs and periodic DID rotation, enabling stronger privacy protection for agent users
• 🤝 A newly proposed peer-to-peer agent transaction framework, designed to solve cross-platform challenges in trust, security, and post-sale guarantees for autonomous agent interactions

ANP 1.0 represents a major step forward in building a secure, interoperable, and privacy-preserving protocol foundation for the agent-driven web.

0.0.2

Improve the identity authentication specification and add agent description and discovery protocols.

Improve the identity authentication specification, including human authorization and privacy protection.
Add the agent description protocol specification.
Add the agent discovery protocol specification.

0.0.1

initial version